Biodegradable Polymers and Plastics
Contributors: Emo Chiellini (Editor); Roberto Solaro (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780306478840
Subjects: Plastics & polymers technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Environmental Science; Chemistry - General; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Plastic scrap; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Science-Chemistry - General; Science-Environmental Science; Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical; Technology / Material Science; Biodegradation; Textiles & Polymers; Biodegradable plastics; Congresses; Polymers
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.