Assessment of anaerobic degradation of Ingeo™ polylactides under accelerated landfill conditions

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1131-1141

  Kolstad, Jeffrey J ^a   Vink, Erwin T H ^a   De Wilde, Bruno ^b   Debeer, Lies ^b  

^a NATUREWORKS LLC   (United States)

^b Organic Waste Systems Ghent   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Ingeo; Landfill; NatureWorks; PLA; Polylactide

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; INGEO; NATUREWORKS; PLA; POLY LACTIDE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGAS; BIOPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; INCINERATION; METHANE; MICROBIOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; TESTING; WASTE INCINERATION;

LAND FILL;

EID: 84861632831     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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