The sustainability of nature works™ polylactide polymers and ingeo™ polylactide fibers: An update of the future. Initiated by the 1st International Conference on Bio-based Polymers (ICBP 2003), November 12-14 2003, Saitama, Japan

Macromolecular Bioscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-564

  Vink, Erwin T H ^a,b   Rábago, Karl R ^a   Glassner, David A ^a   Springs, Bob ^a   O'Connor, Ryan P ^a   Kolstad, Jeff ^a   Gruber, Patrick R ^a  

^a CARGILL INC   (United States)

^b Quality and Regulatory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; PLA; Polylactide; Renewable resources; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; PACKAGING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; POLYLACTIDE POLYMERS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; LACTIC ACID; POLYESTER; STARCH;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBER; FILM; FOOD PACKAGING; FUTUROLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; MAIZE; PACKAGING; SYNTHESIS;

ENVIRONMENT; LACTIC ACID; POLYESTERS; PRODUCT PACKAGING; STARCH; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4544273205     PISSN: 16165187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200400023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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