Recycling of polymeric materials used for food packaging: Current status and perspectives

Food Reviews International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 291-346

  Arvanitoyannis, I S ^a   Bosnea, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Landfill; Plastic; Polymer; Recycling; Sorting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL RECYCLING; CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH; CURRENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL WASTES; FOOD PACKAGING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAND FILL; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; SORTING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0035599348     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FRI-100104703     Document Type: Article

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