1st Edition

Packaging and the Environment Alternatives, Trends and Solutions

By Susan Selke Copyright 1994

    The leading book on packaging and the environment-now expanded and updated This is a detailed examination and objective analysis of all aspects of environmental problems related to packaging: resource depletion, pollution, solid waste management, recycling, degradability, package design considerations, and legislation. The author is a leading authority on the subject. The presentation is well documented and non-partisan. This new edition is expanded and completely updated.

    FOREWORDPREFACEINTRODUCTION RESOURCE USE POLLU110N SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS WASTE REDUCTION AND REUSE RESOURCE REOOVERY AND INCINERATION COMPOSTING OVERVIEW OF RECYCLING RECYCLING OF METALS RECYCLING OF GLASS RECYCLING OF PAPER RECYCLING OF PLASTICS DEGRADABLE PACKAGING PACKAGING/SOLID WASTE LEGISLATION IN THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL AND PACKAGING DESIGN APPENDIX-LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSINDEX

    Biography

    Susan Selke (Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA)

    "This is one of the most comprehensive books . . . on the subject to date . . . very readable by both the professional as well as all concerned."
    -Ralph H. Thomas Sr., Thomas Packaging Consultants, in Polymer News