PLASTIC WASTE AND RECYCLING : environmental impact, societal issues, prevention, and solutions.

PLASTIC WASTE AND RECYCLING : environmental impact, societal issues, prevention, and solutions.

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Imprint:Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2020.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Plastic scrap.
Plastic scrap -- Environmental aspects.
Plastic scrap -- Recycling.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12284123
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Other authors / contributors:Letcher, T. M. (Trevor M.), editor.
ISBN:9780128178812
0128178817
9780128178805
0128178809
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 20, 2020)
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • PLASTIC WASTE AND RECYCLING
  • PLASTIC WASTE AND RECYCLING
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • 1
  • Introduction
  • 1
  • Introduction to plastic waste and recycling
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Our dependence on things plastic
  • 1.3 Recycling
  • 1.4 What to do?
  • 1.5 The book
  • References
  • 2
  • Production, use, and fate of synthetic polymers
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Primary production
  • 2.3 Use
  • 2.4 Waste generation
  • 2.5 Waste management
  • 2.6 Cumulative 1950-2017
  • 2.7 Projections to 2050
  • References
  • 3
  • The geography and geology of plastics: their environmental distribution and fate
  • 3.1 Plastics as geological materials?
  • 3.2 The beginning of the plastics cycle
  • 3.3 Release of plastics into the sedimentary environment
  • 3.4 Plastics trajectories in the environment
  • 3.5 Terrestrial environments: ice and soil
  • 3.6 Lakes and rivers
  • 3.6.1 Lakes
  • 3.6.2 Rivers
  • 3.7 Plastic in marine environments
  • 3.8 Plastics in beach and nearshore environments
  • 3.9 Plastics in the water column and the pelagic realm
  • 3.10 Plastic transport to the deep sea
  • 3.11 Plastic degradation in environmental settings
  • 3.12 Anthropocene strata and plastics as archeology and geology
  • 3.13 Conclusions
  • References
  • 2
  • Innovation in plastic materials
  • 4
  • Biobased plastics
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Definition of biobased plastics
  • 4.3 A brief history of biobased plastics
  • 4.4 Biobased plastics derived from natural polymers
  • 4.4.1 Cellulose and its derivates
  • 4.4.2 Starch and its derivates
  • 4.4.3 Polyhydroxyalkanoates
  • 4.4.4 Other natural polymers
  • 4.5 Biobased plastics polymerized from biobased monomers
  • 4.5.1 Polylactic acid
  • 4.5.2 Polybutylene succinate
  • 4.5.3 Biobased polyethylene
  • 4.5.4 Polytrimethylene terephthalate and Polyethylene terephthalate
  • 4.5.5 Biobased polyamides
  • 4.6 End-of-life options and environmental issues
  • References
  • 5
  • Biodegradable plastics
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Biodegradability
  • 5.3 Types of biodegradable plastics
  • 5.3.1 Biobased biodegradable plastics
  • 5.3.1.1 Starch-based plastics
  • 5.3.1.2 Polylactic acid or polylactide
  • 5.3.1.3 Polyhydroxyalkanoates
  • 5.3.1.4 Cellulose-based plastics
  • 5.3.1.5 Protein-based plastics
  • 5.3.2 Fossil-based biodegradable plastics
  • 5.3.2.1 Polybutylene succinate
  • 5.3.2.2 Polybutylene adipate terephthalate
  • 5.3.2.3 Polycaprolactone
  • 5.3.2.4 Polyvinyl alcohol
  • 5.3.2.5 Oxodegradable plastics
  • 5.4 Processing of biodegradable plastics
  • 5.5 Application of biodegradable plastics
  • 5.6 Waste management options of biodegradable plastics
  • 5.6.1 Biological waste treatments: composting and anaerobic digestion
  • 5.6.1.1 Composting
  • 5.6.1.2 Anaerobic digestion
  • 5.6.2 Recycling and reprocessing
  • 5.6.3 Incineration with energy recovery
  • 5.6.4 Chemical recycling
  • 5.6.5 Landfilling
  • 5.7 Standards and certification

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