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Millions from Waste

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This work surveys methods and industries that reclaim and convert waste into valuable materials, arguing that large-scale recovery can yield significant commercial and national benefits. It outlines economic causes of waste and compares practices, including foreign approaches, municipal salvage, military and slaughterhouse refuse, and industrial by-products such as fats, bones, paper, oils, nitrogenous matter, and coal residues. Case studies and technologies—magnetic salvage, waste-derived fertilizers, sewage sludge processing, and construction materials—illustrate practical recovery techniques and inventions. The book concludes by considering remaining opportunities and future development for turning refuse into revenue and conserving raw resources.

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Title: Millions from Waste

Author: Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Release date: April 15, 2022 [eBook #67837]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: J. B. Lipincott Company, 1920

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MILLIONS FROM WASTE

BY

FREDERICK A. TALBOT

Author of
“The Building of a Great Canadian Railway”—“Inventions and Discoveries”—“The Steamship Conquest of the World”—“The Oil Conquest of the World,” &c., &c.

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN LTD.

1920