Description
| Product ID: | 9780128244890 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | NL |
| Title: | Plastics and Sustainability |
| Subtitle: | Practical Approaches |
| Authors: | Author: Bee Soo , Malaysia) Tueen, Lee Tin , Malaysia) Sin |
| Page Count: | 318 |
| Subjects: | Physical chemistry, Physical chemistry, Plastics and polymers, Materials science, Waste treatment and disposal, Plastics & polymers technology, Materials science, Waste treatment & disposal |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Plastics and Sustainability: Practical Approaches provides a broad overview of sustainability as applied to plastics, offering a range of opportunities and solutions to be applied in an academic or industrial setting. The book begins by introducing the challenges and opportunities relating to plastics and environmental sustainability. This is followed by detailed eco-profiles organized by polymer category. Subsequent chapters explore various approaches to plastics sustainability, with in-depth coverage of incineration technology for energy recovery, pyrolysis for chemical recovery, blending technology, design, packaging, circular economy, and biopolymers. Finally, international policies are summarized. The book aims to provide a broad source of information and a range of options to readers on how to evaluate and improve the sustainability of plastics, with analyses of the advantages and drawbacks of different technologies and materials. Authored by two professional engineers with substantial experience in industry and consultancy, this is a valuable resource for all those looking for a wide-ranging overview of sustainability as applied to plastics, including researchers and advanced students from a range of materials science and engineering disciplines, and engineers, manufacturers, scientists, and R&D professionals from a range of industries. |
| Imprint Name: | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-23 |
