Title:
Degradable polymers, recycling, and plastics waste management
Series:
Plastics engineering ; 29
Publication Information:
New York : Marcel Dekker, 1995
ISBN:
9780824796686
General Note:
"Originally published in Journal of macromolecular science, part A, Pure and applied chemistry, volume A32, number 4, 1995"--T.p. verso
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Summary
Summary
Based on the International Workshop on Controlled Life-Cycle of Polymeric Materials held in Stockholm, this work examines degradable polymers and the recycling of plastic materials. It highlights recent results on recycling and waste management, including topics such as renewable resources, degradation, processing and products, and environmental issues.
Author Notes
Albertsson,
Table of Contents
| Polymer waste management-biodegradation, incineration, and recycling |
| degradation products in degradable polymers |
| recycling BIOPOL-composting and material recycling |
| laboratory-scale composting test methods to determine polymer biodegradability - model studies on cellulose acetate |
| applications and environmental aspects of chitin and chitosan |
| opportunities for environmentally degradable polymers |
| use of biosynthetic, biodegradable thermoplastics and elastomers from renewable up to |
