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<p>Urbanization, development of economy, increasing population and improved living standards and lifestyle have caused a sharp growth in waste. Inappropriate or inefficient waste disposal techniques can cause serious air, soil, and groundwater pollution, which subsequently can negatively affect the urban environment and threaten the health of residents. The goal of waste management is to move to a circular economy in which waste does not exist. If there is no possible way to reduce or reuse waste, the best solution is recycling it. Recycling brings abundant benefits on the economic and ecological levels levels, and helps reduce overall human health risk of adverse impacts. Recycling of the waste-cables which contain PVC and copper replaces the production of virgin PVC and mining of copper from copper ore, it reduces landfill solid waste pressures, saves energy and water sources, reduces emissions to environment, and also reduces negative impacts from improperly dispose of waste, etc. This paper presents an overview of recycling techniques for the waste-cables containing copper as a core and polyvinyl chloride as an insulating layer or sheath. It also lists advantages and disadvantages of these techniques and importance of recycling this type of waste.</p>
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Urbanization, development of economy, increasing population and improved living standards and lifestyle have caused a sharp growth in waste. Inappropriate or inefficient waste disposal techniques can cause serious air, soil, and groundwater pollution, which subsequently can negatively affect the urban environment and threaten the health of residents. The goal of waste management is to move to a circular economy in which waste does not exist. If there is no possible way to reduce or reuse waste, the best solution is recycling it. Recycling brings abundant benefits on the economic and ecological levels levels, and helps reduce overall human health risk of adverse impacts. Recycling of the waste-cables which contain PVC and copper replaces the production of virgin PVC and mining of copper from copper ore, it reduces landfill solid waste pressures, saves energy and water sources, reduces emissions to environment, and also reduces negative impacts from improperly dispose of waste, etc. This paper presents an overview of recycling techniques for the waste-cables containing copper as a core and polyvinyl chloride as an insulating layer or sheath. It also lists advantages and disadvantages of these techniques and importance of recycling this type of waste.

Importance of Recycling the Waste-Cables Containing Copper and PVC

Slovak university of technology in bratislava, faculty of materials science and technology in trnava

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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Urbanization, development of economy, increasing population and improved living standards and lifestyle have caused a sharp growth in waste. Inappropriate or...

Importance of Recycling the Waste-Cables Containing Copper and PVC

Data publikacji: 05 sie 2021

Zakres stron: 1 - 21

Otrzymano: 28 kwi 2021

Przyjęty: 15 maj 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2021-0001

Słowa kluczowe
Waste-cables, recycling, copper, PVC, circular economy

© 2021 Lenka Blinová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Importance of Recycling the Waste-Cables Containing Copper and PVC

Data publikacji: 05 sie 2021

Zakres stron: 1 - 21

Otrzymano: 28 kwi 2021

Przyjęty: 15 maj 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2021-0001

Słowa kluczoweWaste-cables, recycling, copper, PVC, circular economy

© 2021 Lenka Blinová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
Waste-cables, recycling, copper, PVC, circular economy