Sustainable Processes in the Circular Economy: From Virgin to Recycled Raw Materials addresses the different challenges in sustainable management of resources, the sustainable development of processes to extract raw materials, recycle spent materials, and more generally, the circular economy, including social aspects in mining, recycling, the geopolitics of primary and secondary materials, and different business models. The book focuses on the place of chemical processes in the circular economy, and on the notion that circularity reflects the desire to develop a global approach that cares about the environment.
In addition, it explores eco-design approaches and tools so that the value chain can reduce the environmental and societal impact of human activity while still creating value. Additional comments discuss and illustrate the link between the economic model and the environmental and societal model.
1. Introduction - p. xiii 2. Chapter 1 Challenges and opportunities in the sustainable production of critical raw materials for the energy transition - p. 1 3. Chapter 2 Toward a more circular economy - p. 37 4. Chapter 3 End-of-life strategy - p. 63 5. Chapter 4 Mineral processing applied to the treatment of primary and secondary ores - p. 83 6. Chapter 5 Smart sorting - p. 123 7. Chapter 6 An introduction to pyrometallurgical processing - p. 149 8. Chapter 7 Hydrometallurgy: Fundamentals and principles - p. 179 9. Chapter 8 Substitution of resources: The impact of material from the circular economy on cement and concrete manufacturing - p. 257 10. Chapter 9 Circular economy applied to construction and demolition wastes: The case of waste geomaterials - p. 283 11. Chapter 10 Polymer and plastic recycling - p. 313 12. Chapter 11 Life cycle assessment - p. 333 13. Index - p. 355
Sustainable Processes in the Circular Economy: From Virgin to Recycled Raw Materials addresses the different challenges in sustainable management of resources, the sustainable development of processes to extract raw materials, recycle spent materials, and more generally, the circular economy, including social aspects in mining, recycling, the geopolitics of primary and secondary materials, and different business models. The book focuses on the place of chemical processes in the circular economy, and on the notion that circularity reflects the desire to develop a global approach that cares about the environment.
In addition, it explores eco-design approaches and tools so that the value chain can reduce the environmental and societal impact of human activity while still creating value. Additional comments discuss and illustrate the link between the economic model and the environmental and societal model.
1. Introduction - p. xiii 2. Chapter 1 Challenges and opportunities in the sustainable production of critical raw materials for the energy transition - p. 1 3. Chapter 2 Toward a more circular economy - p. 37 4. Chapter 3 End-of-life strategy - p. 63 5. Chapter 4 Mineral processing applied to the treatment of primary and secondary ores - p. 83 6. Chapter 5 Smart sorting - p. 123 7. Chapter 6 An introduction to pyrometallurgical processing - p. 149 8. Chapter 7 Hydrometallurgy: Fundamentals and principles - p. 179 9. Chapter 8 Substitution of resources: The impact of material from the circular economy on cement and concrete manufacturing - p. 257 10. Chapter 9 Circular economy applied to construction and demolition wastes: The case of waste geomaterials - p. 283 11. Chapter 10 Polymer and plastic recycling - p. 313 12. Chapter 11 Life cycle assessment - p. 333 13. Index - p. 355
