Bioplastics science from a policy vantage point

New Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 635-646

  Philp, Jim C ^a   Bartsev, Alexandre ^a,b   Ritchie, Rachael J ^a,c   Baucher, Marie Ange ^a   Guy, K ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

^b Service de Pharmacologie   (France)

^c BC Clinical Genomics Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; COMPLEX ENGINEERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

BIODEGRADATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DURABILITY; ECONOMICS; ELASTOMERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAND FILL; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STANDARDS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

BIOFUEL; BIOPLAST; PHENANTHRENE; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84884205658     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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