A hot-button societal issue: Biodegradation studies (soil burial test) of grocery shopping bags

Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-40

  Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan ^a   Li, Y ^a   Hu, J Y ^a   Mok, P Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Microscopic appearance; Shopping bags; Soil burial; Tensile strength reduction; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; GROCERY SHOPPING; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE; SHOPPING BAGS; SOCIETAL ISSUES; SOIL BURIAL TEST; STRENGTH REDUCTION; WEIGHT LOSS;

MICROBIOLOGY; PAPER CONTAINERS; SOILS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 84861986732     PISSN: 1308772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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