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Aluminum Recycling—Potential and Problems

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  1. Reynolds Metals Company, Economic Affaire Department estimate, 1980.

  2. A Study to Identify Opportunities for Increased Solid Waste Utilization, Vol. II, prepared for National Association of Secondary Materials, Inc., by Battelle Columbus Laboratories, June, 1972, p. 45.

  3. Reynolds Metals Company, Economic Affairs Department estimate, 1980.

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Robert F. Testin joined Reynolds Metals Company in 1969, as director of Environmental Planning. He subsequently served as executive assistant to the Chairman of the Board. In his present position as general manager of technology, Recycling and Reclamation Division, he is responsible for technical direction of recycling, reclamation, and resource recovery activities. He holds a BS from the University of Detroit and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, all in chemical engineering. He is chairman of the Virginia Solid Waste Commission, a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Ohio. He also serves on the Aluminum Association’s Recycling Committee. He has authored numerous articles and technical papers on recovering resources from solid wastes, with particular emphasis on the recycling of nonferrous metals.

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Testin, R.F. Aluminum Recycling—Potential and Problems. JOM 33, 21–25 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03339490

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