Recycled polyethylene and thermoplastic starch blend in extrusion blow molded bottle

Society of Plastics Engineers - Global Plastics Environmental Conference 2011, GPEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Anderson, Gregory J ^a  

^a Teknor Apex Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-BASED MATERIALS; BLOW-MOLDED BOTTLES; CO-CONTINUOUS MORPHOLOGY; EXTRUSION BLOW MOLDING; FINE DISPERSIONS; MULTILAYER CONSTRUCTION; PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES; RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH; THREE-LAYER;

BOTTLES; ELASTOMERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RECYCLING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84857497310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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