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The technology of rubber recycling is an emerging area, and there is a need for a book that discusses easier, cheaper, and innovative methods. Rubber Recycling fills that need. Written by world-wide experts, it offers comprehensive coverage of the latest technologies for recycled rubber. The preliminary chapters begin by providing the fundamentals of rubber, rubber products, and recycling. Next chapters are devoted to properties of rubber, rubber reuse, and reuse specifications. The last six chapters provide new applications and new processes for recycling rubber. The information contained in these chapters is highly updated and cannot be found anywhere else. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language.The first in the popular series of four workbooks by the same author, this book provides revision and practice in four main areas: Situations, Vocabulary, Grammar and Writing. Recycling Elementary English can be used to supplement any elementary coursebook, and offers useful extra practice for the Cambridge Key English Test (KET), and the Skills for Life Entry 2 examination. ... Read more

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From Introduction
Scientists now know the ozone layer over the earth is breaking down, and this breakdown will permanently change the HVAC/R industry as we know it. One of the major contributors to this breakdown is the release of CFC's into the atmosphere. Since the ozone layer acts as a shield from excess ultraviolet radiation, any decrease in the shield will create problems for the earth and mankind. For years, service technicians have routinely released refrigerants into the atmosphere. These uncontrolled releases have set in motion certain chemical processes, which are causing progressive deterioration of the ozone layer.
With the scientific evidence showing CFCs are the prime culprits in the ozone breakdown, laws are being passed that affect the HVAC/R industry. "At certification will be required for anyone working on refrigeration systems? In addition, reclamation equipment will become part of everyone's toolkit. ... Read more

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A thoroughly modern, uniquely brilliant dark comedy
A lot goes through your mind when you're precariously dangling upside down from a bridge - blood mostly, but also plenty of vivid insights.You might suddenly, by way of example, realize that your fiancé wasn't all that to begin with and that your best friend is really pretty annoying, so who cares if you caught the two of them sharing a morning-after kiss, and why in the world did you ever set about trying to kill yourself over the whole mess.That's just where Jimmy Gee finds himself, though, as this novel opens.While he doesn't walk away from the situation unscathed - well, actually, he does walk away, just not very far - this brush with death eventually serves as the impetus for a grand scheme that's possibly just crazy enough to work.

While recovering in the hospital, Jimmy strikes up a rather unusual friendship with one of the interns, a bloke named Kevin who can't resist playing rather sick practical jokes on patients waking up in the suicide ward, including Jimmy.A practical joker of some skill himself, Jimmy responds in kind, and a bond is formed.With nowhere else to go when he is finally released from the hospital, Jimmy moves into his new best bud's apartment and it is there - during one of their senseless brainstorm sessions - that the idea for "Quitters" is born.As Jimmy knows from experience, some people are just too timid or downright clumsy to do themselves in properly.After all, if every suicidal person did the job right the first time, there would be no need for suicide wards.Many of these individuals will just keep trying until they manage to kick the bucket properly, so what would be wrong with helping them along a bit?And if you can profit from the deal, so much the better.

Here's the deal."Quitters" (i.e., Jimmy and Kevin) will offer assistance to anyone seriously determined to commit suicide, as long as the suicide is of a spectacular nature.Each such suicide will be filmed and eventually included on a DVD Jimmy and Kevin intend to release.Knowing full well that there are plenty of weirdoes in the world who would pay good money to watch such a morbid video, the guys expect DVD sales to earn them a right good income.Things go surprisingly well - at first - but the guys can only dance around the Kevorkian Curse for so long before things take a rather nasty turn.

Recycling Jimmy is black comedy at its best - ludicrous yet believable, and consistently funny throughout (which is not to say there isn't a serious moment here or there along the way).Jimmy's first two encounters with a potential love interest are beyond memorable, and the setting for their first official date is uniquely surreal to say the least.The one-upmanship of Jimmy's and Kevin's friendship also offers the reader a plethora of humorous moments, although I must say the increasingly extreme and seemingly non-stop pranks the two play on each other eventually grew a tad tiresome for me.Even the suicides are capable of drawing laughs, especially one in particular that puts one of Kevin's Loony Tunes-inspired theories to the test once and for all.And if you think you know how everything is going to play out in the end, think again - Tilley lays down a pretty mean literary land mine or two along the way.

We all know that the wittiest of writers in the world today tend to hail from Britain, and Andy Tilley would certainly seem to be taking some mighty self-assured baby steps in the sizable shoes of such brilliant comic writers as Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.This is only his first novel, but his unique voice and acerbically effective brand of humor bespeak a wealth of potential.I for one will be most anxious to see what he comes up with next.

Black humor for the chav class...
I almost never laugh out loud while reading... I laughed myself into tears several times while reading this book - It would make a great movie (hopefully with British unknowns..), but a movie would miss out on the author's sneakily profound philosophical musings...

P.G. Wodehouse Meets Monty Python
To say the least, in Andy Tilley's brash novel "Recycling Jimmy", antihero Jimmy's judgment is suspect. He's foolish, irreverent, and passive; just what you'd expect from a bloke whose emotional development got euthanized sometime during his teens. In the opening scene Jimmy dangles from a bridge, eighty feet above ground. Even then, he's hard pressed to do anything, anything at all, right. Still, somehow, he's just likeable enough and the situation just foolish enough, we begin to have our hopes...

Whatever the roots of author Tilley's eccentric humor, he delivers the goods with elan despite a narrative laden with passive form. It works, but repetition of some verb forms might irritate some readers. Fortunately, in the opening he's just getting his dark funnybone warm and before long at all prose issues recede. It's while in hospital after the bungled suicide attempt, after Jimmy encounters kindred spirit Kevin, that the full effect of the author's special form of humor comes to bear. Suffice it to say, in Recycling Jimmy, the unusual is commonplace, the incredible comfy as an afternoon pint at the local pub, and the unthinkable...why of course, the unthinkable is central to the plot.

Will Jimmy change his ways? Will he learn how to take responsibility for his acts? I'm not tipping over the crumpets. You'll have to read to find out. Warning: the laughs get you by surprise. If no one in the family is trained in the Heimlich Maneuver, don't get caught with a mouthful of chips.

Art Tirrell is the author of the 2007 adventure novel, "The Secret Ever Keeps", of which reviewer Joan A. said, "The first book...my significant other...and I have agreed on since 'Kafka on the Beach'." See all the reviews on Amazon at /product/1601640048

Find a Need and Fill It
Jimmy Gee decides to end it all and jumps off a bridge, but the suicide attempt goes awry and Jimmy awakes in a hospital bed attended by a practical joking orderly. So begins the story of his "recycling".

Jimmy and the orderly eventually become associates in a scheme to make money. They both agreed that committing suicide is not as easy as it looks. Moreover, doing it well; or doing it in a way that it means something is even more difficult. Aha, thought Jimmy, we have found a need and if we fill it, so the adage goes, we make money.

Andy Tilley has done the same in a way. He has found a need, l,e, the craving for rich dark comedy, and he has filled it with his novel Recycling Jimmy. The story is outrageously funny.

Jimmy and Kevin form "Quitters" an outfit dedicated to helping the suicidal but, not in the way you expect. They won't help the suicidal out of their depression. Instead, they will help the suicidal carry out their suicide in a spectacular fashion and on video tape!

Ah, the entrepreneurship of the British. It all works out for the best in the end because Jimmy finally learns that life is more useful than he thought. The reader learns something about that too, but not before pages of delightfully funny reading.

Red Evans author On Ice

Full of Life!
Reading Recycling Jimmy, I felt a little like a voyeur--maybe not quite as extreme as those who'd watch a "Quitters" video of someone's suicide, the kind of audience suicide-survivor Jimmy and his buddy Kevin target. Still, I kept reading Jimmy's lively adventures with morbid fascination and appreciation of Andy Tilley's brilliant dark humor. ... Read more

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A fascinating insight into the way materials are re-used or recycled all around the world ... Read more

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For professionals concerned with sustainable development and energy conservation, this comprehensive reference provides a detailed overview and fundamental analysis of sustainability issues associated with the aluminum industry. It provides a benchmark in assessing a sustainable vision for positive economic and environmental progress, and it can serve as great reference for educating the next generation of engineers on the demands of sustainable development and the application of life-cycle assessment by industry. ... Read more

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A "must-have" resource for professionals and scientists in the field.
Aluminum Recycling and Processing for Energy Conservation and Sustainability is a scientific reference text written especially for professionals seeking to promote sustainable development and energy conservation. Backing its vision for economic and environmental progress toward a sustainable future with hard data, extensive research, black-and-white graphs and figures, tables, and more, Aluminum Recycling and Processing discusses "Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis of the North American Aluminum Industry", "Identification and Sorting of Wrought Aluminum Alloys", "Emerging Trends in Aluminum Recycling", among other topics. Though not written for lay readers, Aluminum Recycling and Processing presents its facts, studies, and recommendations in as accessible a manner as possible without sacrificing scientific accuracy or meticulous detail. "The most important trend affecting aluminum casting production is its continuous growth in automotive applications. The advantages of aluminum for many powertrain components, including transmission cases, oil pans, pistons, intake manifolds, cylinder heads, and engine blocks, have been reflected in its wide adoption." A "must-have" resource for professionals and scientists in the field.
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This digital document is a journal article from Resources, Conservation & Recycling, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The treatment and utilisation of biomass residues and waste for energy and recycling can contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emission reduction. Therefore, a waste treatment structure should be designed for an efficient saving of fossil primary energy in terms of maximal primary energy savings or minimal costs per unit of primary energy savings. However, this is a complex task, given the large number of technologies, recycling options and their logistic consequences, that necessitate an integrated analysis. Also, on longer term various new and improved technologies become available which can affect performances for options from an economic and/or energy point of view. For that reason, an optimisation tool, that optimises a biomass and waste treatment system for a given amount of biomass and waste, is developed in this study. This optimal biomass and waste treatment system is composed of several treatment installations, that are characterised by scale, location and kind of technology. Important aspects that are taken into account in the analysis are heat distribution, biomass and waste transport and economies of scale. A broad variety of technologies for material recycling, conversion of biomass and/or waste to heat, electricity or transportation fuel are included in the optimisation tool. Performance data of these technologies are based on an extensive review. Examples of included technologies comprise: integrated gasification with combined cycle, waste incineration, pyrolysis, digestion, co-firing in fossil power plants, biomass incineration, hydro-thermal upgrading, paper recycling and chipboard production. A comparison of the different technologies in relation to scale shows that primary energy savings and costs per unit of primary energy savings diverge significantly. In general, the optimisation tool developed here is suitable for analyses of optimal biomass and waste treatment structures in different regions with regard to primary energy savings and their costs. By means of scenario analysis, robust optimal solutions in terms of primary energy savings and their costs can be identified and the influence of important parameters can be analysed. A case study of the Dutch biomass and waste treatment systems has been carried out with the optimisation tool and is presented in part two of this article. ... Read more

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Rapid computer obsolescence has resulted in thousands of computers -- which contain toxic components -- being disposed of each year. Authors debate whether America's consumerist lifestyle is creating serious garbage problems in the following chapters: Is Garbage a Serious Problem? Is Recycling Effective? Is Toxic Waste Disposal a Serious Problem? What Innovations Will Help Reduce Waste? (20020801) ... Read more

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Very Informative
This book is a must have or you must borrow it from your library and read it. It shows what we are doing is very wrong like what we throw away and what we could compost. There are chapters in this book on garbage, recycling, toxic waste disposal and innovations that will help reduce waste. This book has back to back arguements on each issue which is very good because then you get to see both sides of the arguement. A must for an enviromentalist and any regular person. go and read it. it will help you in life ... Read more

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Shoes made from discarded rubber, a knife grinder made from a bicycle wheel, an organ made from water pipes, a lamp made from plastic bottle bottoms and a clock made from old flip-flops are a few of the ingenious recycled Kenyan products covered in this fascinating volume. ... Read more

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A series of involving books that encourage readers interested in the environment to join the green team and see how they can make a difference in a really hands-on way. ... Read more

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An increasing amount of waste is generated each year from textiles and their production. For economic and environmental reasons, it is necessary that as much of this waste as possible is recycled instead of being disposed of in landfill sites. In reality the rate of textile recycling is still relatively low. On average approximately 10 million tons of textile waste is currently dumped in Europe and America each year.

The first section of Recycling in Textiles introduces the subject by looking at the general issues involved and the technologies concerned. Part two explores the chemical aspects of textile recycling. Part three focuses on recycled textile products, including non-wovens and alternative fibers. Finally, the last section discusses possible applications of recycled textiles, including using recycled products in the operating theatre, for soil stabilization and in concrete reinforcement.

Considering the diversity of fibrous waste and structures, many technologies must work in concert in an integrated industry in order to have an impact.

Recycling in Textiles presents several promising technologies and ideas for recycling systems. This is the first book of its kind to bring together textile recycling issues, technology, products, processes and applications. It will prove an invaluable guide to all those in the industry who are now looking for ways to recycle their textile waste. ... Read more

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Between 1973 and 1980, the cost of crude oil rose suddenly and dramatically, precipitating convulsions in international politics. Conventional wisdom holds that international capital markets adjusted automatically and remarkably well: enormous amounts of money flowed into oil-rich states, and efficient markets then placed that new money in cash-poor Third World economies.

David Spiro has followed the money trail, and the story he tells contradicts the accepted beliefs. Most of the sudden flush of new oil wealth didn't go to poor oil-importing countries around the globe. Instead, the United States made a deal with Saudi Arabia to sell it U.S. securities in secret, a deal resulting in a substantial portion of Saudi assets being held by the U.S. government. With this arrangement, the U.S. government violated its agreements with allies in the developed world. Spiro argues that American policymakers took this action to prop up otherwise intolerable levels of U.S. public debt. In effect, recycled OPEC wealth subsidized the debt-happy policies of the U.S. government as well as the debt-happy consumption of its citizenry. ... Read more

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Groundbreaking Academic Work
David Spiro's work is a must read for anyone wishing to understand the dynamics/politics/history of chronic US balance of payment deficits. Spiro's work focuses on the period after Nixon decoupled the dollar from gold leading up to the supposed OPEC induced "energy crisis"

In short, partly with the use of declassified primary documents and interviews with key US Treasury Players, Spiro exposes how the US government violated agreements with allies while secretly striking deals with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority to recycle petrodollars in order to purchase US Treasuries. A high percentage of recycling satisfied the appetite of US government deficits, with the remainder recycled by multinational banks to developing countries. Conventional accounts argue petrodollars were recycled to developing countries which needed credit. Spiro, through emperical evidence proves otherwise... A significant portion of the countries were also oil exporting countries which benefited from the oil price increases e.g., Mexico; the emerging nations were considered good credit risks. With respect to the advanced economies, a very important point is the fact oil was linked to the dollar. This forced US allies to hold dollars or sink into US Treasuries.

The only problem I had with Spiro's work... his writing style. Spiro's work was funded by the Cornell University studies in Political Economy... so was not intended for a broad audience.

Spiro's research is grossly underpublicized. Especially as we see unpayable US foreign debt mounting. I highly recommend this book.



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This valuable resource is written for therapists and teachers, vocational instructors, parents, and all environmentalists who wish to use their ingenuity to create useful therapy products from common objects. Author Barbara Smith, M.S., OTR, reasons that when she finds alternative uses for plastics and recycles them, not only does she avoid having to purchase the material, but she also reduces the amount of waste deposited in the environment.

Many a pattern can be carved from a plastic bottle. Cut a large detergent bottle to provide a surface for weaving. Snip off narrow bottle necks and use them as rings on a dowel. Cut off a hollow bottle handle, and you have something to fit a peg inside, or cut up that same bottle to make disks for stringing on a colorful length of discarded jump rope. For imaginary play, cut out space boats and weird helmets. The possibilities are endless!

The therapy products described in this book are made mostly-if not entirely-from recycled throwaways. These materials are easily collected, free, and versatile. The products can be used over and over again, and creating them can be fun and rewarding.

The products and activities are presented in three categories-fine-motor activities, gross-motor activities, and sensory activities. The activities are presented in a cookbook fashion, with a brief description of the material or activity, a list of needed materials, construction directions, and suggested uses and adaptations. The Appendixes provide six lists for guidance in planning of activities for clients. Terms used throughout the book are defined in the Glossary.

Although the activities in this 155-page manual are designed for adults with developmental disabilities, many are appropriate for clients of all ages, with or without developmental delays. ... Read more

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A great resource for the therapist on a budget!
I have found this book tremendously valuable for those times when I need some new ideas but don't have any extra room in my budget.It's inspiring and informative! ... Read more

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Examines the evolution of recycling as a concept, its role in controlling the world's trash problems, and possible future developments. ... Read more

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This book examines recycling and municipal waste management in three major cities: London, New York, and Hamburg. ... Read more