Biodegradable Polymers and Plastics (Special Publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)))
Contributors: Emo Chiellini (Editor)
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Published: November 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780851862071
Subjects: Plastics & polymers technology; Recycling; Technology & Industrial Arts; Congresses; Polymer Engineering; Waste Disposal And Treatment; Science/Mathematics; Polymers; Material Science; Biodegradable plastics; Biodegradation
First sentence: In the 1980s there was a great deal of public interest in claims by industrial manufacturers of plastics for "environmentally friendly" polyethylene containing starch, which was claimed to be biodegradable.