Biodegradation of packaging materials: Composting of polyolefins

Macromolecular Symposia

Volumn 197, Issue , 2003, Pages 411-420

  Pandey, Jitendra K ^a   Pratheep Kumar, A ^a   Singh, R P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Composting; Ethylene propylene copolymers; Photodegradation; Polyolefins

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; MICROORGANISMS; PACKAGING; VISCOSITY;

BIOSUSCEPTIBILITY;

POLYOLEFINS;

ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMER; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYOLEFIN; POLYPROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141537991     PISSN: 10221360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/masy.200350735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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