This book includes details on the environmental implications of recycling, modeling of recycling, processing of recycled materials, recycling potential of materials, characterisation of recycled materials, reverse logistics, case studies of recycling various materials etc.

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Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as a global sustainability consultant, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled, Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 6 books of chapter and over 25 scientific books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines.

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The role of reverse logistics in recycling of wood products.- Recycling Potential Of Building Materials: A Review.- Recycling of wastes into construction materials.- Enhancing Crop Residues Recycling in the Philippine Landscape.- Dilemmas of Development and the Reconstruction of Fashion.- Chitosan Derivatives as Effective Agents in Recycling of Textile Dyes from Waste Waters.- Polyester Recycling - Technologies, Characterization and Applications.- Recycled Fibrous and Non-fibrous Biomass for Value Added Textile and Non-textile Applications.- Recycling and reuse of textile effluent sludge.- "Environmental Implications of Recycling and Recycled Products": Handbook.