Thermoplastic starch blends: A sustainable and economical solution for bio-based or biodegradable plastics

Society of Plastics Engineers - Global Plastics Environmental Conference 2010, GPEC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Anderson, G ^a   Tam, E ^a   Favis, Basil D ^b  

^a Teknor Apex Company   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIOPLASTICS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; GHG EMISSION; MASTERBATCH; MATRIX POLYMERS; TEKNOR APICES; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH;

ELASTOMERS; ENGINEERS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER BLENDS; RECYCLING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 79952971218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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