Plastics and Environmental Sustainability

· John Wiley & Sons
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Sobre este e-book

Survey’s the issues typically raised in discussions of sustainability and plastics

  • Discusses current issues not covered in detail previously such as ocean litter, migration of additives into food products and the recovery of plastics
  • Covers post-consumer fate of plastics on land and in the oceans, highlighting the environmental impacts of disposal methods
  • Details toxicity of plastics, particularly as it applies to human health
  • Presents a clear analysis of the key plastic-related issues including numerous citations of the research base that supports and contradicts the popularly held notions

Sobre o autor

Anthony L. Andrady, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the North Carolina State University. An accomplished Polymer Scientist, Dr. Andrady has published over a hundred original research papers and book chapters on Polymers. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the National College of Rubber Technology (London, England). Dr. Andrady edited Plastics and the Environment (Wiley, 2003) and authored Science and Technology of Polymer Nanofibers (Wiley, 2007).

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