Il contributo delle tecnologie dell'industria mineraria nel recupero dei rifiuti : Un esempio : Il riciclaggio della plastica

With the development of new technologies that improve the quality of life, the volume of waste produced, both domestic and industrial, has increased progressively. The problem of the disposal of waste, and of the reduction of the number of waste producing sources, has currently taken on great importance for two reasons: economic, linked to the recovery of re-usable materials and environmental, linked to the problem of pollution and the need to have wider and wider areas available for stocking the waste. The problem can be analysed buy considering two areas that are however linked to each other: organisational, linked to the regulations and planning; technological, linked to the engineering methodologies for the recovery of useful materials from the waste, for the stocking or the safe incineration of the waste itself. In this framework, the contribution given by the versatile and long-proven technologies of the industries for the treatment of minerals is significant.