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Environmental impact of polymers /
This text addresses the common negative perception of polymer materials on the environment with a thorough analysis of what really occurs when industry and academia collaborate to find environmental solutions. The book examines the environmental and social effects of polymer materials and explains m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London : Hoboken :
ISTE, Ltd. ; Wiley,
2014.
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| Colección: | ISTE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Some Notes on Two Controversies around Plastic Materials and their Media Coverage; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Socio-political aspects of the two controversies in the scientific literature; 1.3. Plastics in the French media: a small sample; 1.3.1. The written press: endocrine disruption; 1.3.2. Plastics in general; 1.3.3. An analysis of two television documentaries; 1.3.3.1. Endocrine disruptors; 1.3.3.2. The fate of waste; 1.4. Conclusion; 1.5. Appendix: equations of research to identify the "plastic" corpus.
- 1.6. BibliographyChapter 2: Plastic Waste and the Environment; 2.1. Introduction: waste and the environment; 2.2. The end of life of plastic parts; 2.2.1. Reduction at source; 2.2.2. Hierarchy of choice of valorization; 2.2.3. Inventory; 2.2.4. Specific difficulties with the physical recycling of plastics; 2.2.5. The recycling chain; 2.2.6. Physical recycling in solution; 2.2.7. The use of recycled materials; 2.2.8. Chemical recycling; 2.2.9. Energetic valorization; 2.2.10. Landfilling; 2.3. Conclusion; 2.4. Bibliography; Chapter 3: Polymers and Marine Litter; 3.1. Introduction.
- 3.2. The cycle of litter at sea3.2.1. Methods; 3.2.2. Nature and quantity of litter reaching the sea; 3.2.3. Sources; 3.2.4. Fate and distribution; 3.2.5. Oceanic convergence zone; 3.3. The degradation of litter at sea; 3.4. The effect of marine litter on the environment; 3.5. Socio-economic aspects; 3.5.1. Legal aspects (laws, conventions and directives); 3.5.2. Initiatives; 3.5.3. Understanding and educating; 3.6. Conclusion; 3.7. Acknowledgment; 3.8. Bibliography; Chapter 4: Between Prejudice and Realities: How Plastics Are Essential for the Future.
- 4.1. From a gloomy picture to a solution for the future4.1.1. An antiplastic crisis with often paradoxical consequences; 4.1.2. The world as it is ... 2030; 4.1.3. Vital qualities of plastics; 4.1.3.1. Participation to the development of food resources; 4.1.3.2. Conserving water resources and creating more; 4.1.3.3. Reducing energy needs; 4.1.3.4. Decreasing emissions of greenhouse gases; 4.2. Engineering polymers: what is wonderful, what is reassuring?; 4.2.1. Plastics and their ignored positives effects on the preservation of the environment.
- 4.2.2. Lightweight plastic, a quality that induces environmental performance4.2.3. When plastics protect us ... ; 4.2.4. How plastics will prevail in the future energy solution?; 4.2.5. Plastics at the heart of technological advancement; 4.3. Plastic industries: progress to be made; 4.3.1. Environmental issues, the European plastics industrial acts; 4.3.2. From polluting plastics to non-disposable plastics; 4.3.3. Recycling and valorization: the French cultural handicap; 4.3.4. Bisphenol A or how to spread anxiety and misinformation; 4.3.5. Bioplastics: from advertising to reality.