Number:
401/1/93
Title: Recycling of Polymers
Coordinator(s): N.M.
Bikales
Completion Date: 1996
Objective:
Because the subject of recycling of polymers generates, in so many countries,
public discussions that are sometimes based on less-than-reliable information,
the Macromolecular Division has established a working party on this
important subject. The working party, consisting of experts from five
countries, has met on three occasions and is now in the last stages
of producing the first draft of a report that will describe the current
state of knowledge on recycling of polymers, and assess the merit of
various approaches, based primarily on thermodynamic and technological
considerations. It is hoped that this report, when published after review,
will serve as an authoritative source of information for the public,
including legislators. The CHEMRAWN Committee has been kept informed
of these activities, which have also been given support by national
bodies for the attendance of individuals at meetings of the Working
Party.
Progress:
Project Completed - The working party presented its final report
at the IUPAC MMD meeting in Geneva, August 1997. The recommendations
were unanimously approved, so that this working party has accomplished
its assigned task. Publication is part of the Proceedings of the Prague
Microsymposium on Polymer Recycling 1997. It is also published as Macromolecular
Symposia Vol. 135, Dec. 1998, 38th Microsymposium on Recycling
of Polymers Prague, Czech Republic, July 14-17, 1997. Symposium Editor:
J. Kahovec
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