Plastic waste and recycling : environmental impact, societal issues, prevention, and solutions /

Plastic Waste and Recycling: Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions begins with an introduction to the different types of plastic materials, their uses, and the concepts of reduce, reuse and recycle before examining plastic types, chemistry and degradation patterns that are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Letcher, T. M. (Trevor M.) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2020.
Temas:
Plastic scrap.
Plastic scrap > Environmental aspects.
Plastic scrap > Recycling.
Mati�eres plastiques > D�echets.
Mati�eres plastiques > D�echets > Aspect de l'environnement.
Mati�eres plastiques > D�echets > Recyclage.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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