Abstract
To employ biomasses as partial replacement of oil supplies is a strategy which must be sought after at all levels. Product and technology development cannot be postponed to the day when oil will become short. Among oil derivatives, research for alternative feedstocks for plastics production must be supported. Price/performance wise plastics from biomasses are not yet competitive with respect to oil-based plastics. The only marketing edge that these products appear to have at present is that they can be labelled as {sup f}ully biodegradable{sup .} Biodegradables cannot be returned in massive amounts freely to the ecosystem. There is still need for a previous, controlled, waste treatment. Waste production does not decrease with the introduction of biodegradable plastics. There is simply a change in composition: less plastics and more putrescible matter. A number of applications where biodegradability is definitely beneficial have been identified in the study. Recommendable outlets, when developed, will represent only a very small market in comparison to both total plastics demand and agricultural surpluses in the EEC. A field which has been insufficiently explored until now is the search for deriving novel non-biodegradable plastics from biomasses. (Author). refs., tabs.
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Technological innovation in the plastics industry and its influence on the environmental problems of plastic waste. Report on non oil based polymers.
France: N. p.,
1992.
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Technological innovation in the plastics industry and its influence on the environmental problems of plastic waste. Report on non oil based polymers.
France.
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1992.
"Technological innovation in the plastics industry and its influence on the environmental problems of plastic waste. Report on non oil based polymers."
France.
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title = {Technological innovation in the plastics industry and its influence on the environmental problems of plastic waste. Report on non oil based polymers}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {To employ biomasses as partial replacement of oil supplies is a strategy which must be sought after at all levels. Product and technology development cannot be postponed to the day when oil will become short. Among oil derivatives, research for alternative feedstocks for plastics production must be supported. Price/performance wise plastics from biomasses are not yet competitive with respect to oil-based plastics. The only marketing edge that these products appear to have at present is that they can be labelled as {sup f}ully biodegradable{sup .} Biodegradables cannot be returned in massive amounts freely to the ecosystem. There is still need for a previous, controlled, waste treatment. Waste production does not decrease with the introduction of biodegradable plastics. There is simply a change in composition: less plastics and more putrescible matter. A number of applications where biodegradability is definitely beneficial have been identified in the study. Recommendable outlets, when developed, will represent only a very small market in comparison to both total plastics demand and agricultural surpluses in the EEC. A field which has been insufficiently explored until now is the search for deriving novel non-biodegradable plastics from biomasses. (Author). refs., tabs.}
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title = {Technological innovation in the plastics industry and its influence on the environmental problems of plastic waste. Report on non oil based polymers}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {To employ biomasses as partial replacement of oil supplies is a strategy which must be sought after at all levels. Product and technology development cannot be postponed to the day when oil will become short. Among oil derivatives, research for alternative feedstocks for plastics production must be supported. Price/performance wise plastics from biomasses are not yet competitive with respect to oil-based plastics. The only marketing edge that these products appear to have at present is that they can be labelled as {sup f}ully biodegradable{sup .} Biodegradables cannot be returned in massive amounts freely to the ecosystem. There is still need for a previous, controlled, waste treatment. Waste production does not decrease with the introduction of biodegradable plastics. There is simply a change in composition: less plastics and more putrescible matter. A number of applications where biodegradability is definitely beneficial have been identified in the study. Recommendable outlets, when developed, will represent only a very small market in comparison to both total plastics demand and agricultural surpluses in the EEC. A field which has been insufficiently explored until now is the search for deriving novel non-biodegradable plastics from biomasses. (Author). refs., tabs.}
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