Green Plastics An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics

Plastics are everywhere. Bags, bank cards, bottles, and even boats can all be made of this celebrated but much-maligned material. Yet most of us know next to nothing about plastics. We do know that they are practical and cheap--but they also represent a huge environmental problem, for they literally...

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Main Author: Stevens, E. S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press, [2020]
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2444782.pdf
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t Contents --  |t Preface --  |t Acknowledgments --  |t Chapter 1. The Age of Plastics --  |t Chapter 2. Plastics as Materials --  |t Chapter 3. Plastics and the Environment --  |t Chapter 4. The Chemical Nature of Plastics --  |t Chapter 5. Plastics Degradation --  |t Chapter 6. Biopolymers --  |t Chapter 7. The Reemergence of Bioplastics --  |t Chapter 8. Factors Affecting Growth --  |t Chapter 9. Prospects for the Future --  |t Appendix. Make Your Own --  |t Notes --  |t Glossary --  |t Reading List --  |t Author/Name Index --  |t Subject Index 
520 |a Plastics are everywhere. Bags, bank cards, bottles, and even boats can all be made of this celebrated but much-maligned material. Yet most of us know next to nothing about plastics. We do know that they are practical and cheap--but they also represent a huge environmental problem, for they literally take ages to decompose. In this engaging book, E.S. Stevens tells us everything we have always wondered about plastics and of the efforts, in America, Europe, and Asia, to develop a new breed of environmentally friendly plastics. He points to a possible future where plastics will no longer be made of petroleum, but of plants. The first two chapters assess the increased use of plastics as a relatively new alternative to other materials. The third chapter introduces us to their impact on the environment and strategies for their disposal or recycling. The next two chapters cover basic concepts and terms used in polymer sciences and provide some basic chemistry. With these fundamentals in tow, the author compares how petroleum-based and biological polymers are made, and the various ways in which they decompose. He acquaints readers with the emerging technologies, their commercial viability, and their future. Finally, instructions are given for preparing basic bioplastics using readily available materials. Nonspecialists will find Green Plastics a concise introduction to this exciting interdisciplinary topic--an introduction otherwise not available. For students it provides easy entry to an area of science with wide appeal and current importance; for teachers, excellent background reading for courses in various sciences. The prospect of depleted fossil fuel supplies, and the potential benefits of bioplastics to the environment and to rural areas that could supply the raw materials, make this book a compelling presentation of a subject whose time has come. 
546 |a In English. 
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653 0 |a Biodegradable plastics.  |9 902422 
653 4 |a additives.  |9 902828 
653 4 |a agricultural covers.  |9 902829 
653 4 |a amino acids.  |9 902830 
653 4 |a bacteria.  |9 902831 
653 4 |a biomass.  |9 902832 
653 4 |a carbon.  |9 902715 
653 4 |a carrageenan.  |9 902833 
653 4 |a casein.  |9 902834 
653 4 |a chitosan.  |9 902835 
653 4 |a degrade curves.  |9 902836 
653 4 |a enzymes.  |9 410965 
653 4 |a extrusion.  |9 902837 
653 4 |a fermentation.  |9 902838 
653 4 |a gelatin.  |9 902839 
653 4 |a glass fibers.  |9 902840 
653 4 |a hydrolysis.  |9 902841 
653 4 |a incineration.  |9 902842 
653 4 |a landfills.  |9 902843 
653 4 |a microorganisms.  |9 902844 
653 4 |a mineralization.  |9 902845 
653 4 |a natural gas.  |9 902846 
653 4 |a oxidative degradation.  |9 902847 
653 4 |a packaging.  |9 902848 
653 4 |a petroleum.  |9 902849 
653 4 |a polyethylene.  |9 902850 
653 4 |a shellac.  |9 902851 
653 4 |a tensile strength.  |9 902852 
653 4 |a thermoplastics.  |9 902853 
653 4 |a urea resins.  |9 902854 
653 4 |a zein.  |9 902855 
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