Photodegradation: A solution for the shopping bag 'visual pollution' problem?

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 97, Issue 9-10, 2001, Pages 359-362

  Eyenga, I I ^a   Focke, W W ^a   Prinsloo, L C ^a   Tolmay, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035690992     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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