Production of plastics from waste derived from agrofood industry

Renewable Resources and Renewable Energy: A Global Challenge, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 119-136

  Braunegg, Gerhart ^a   Koller, Martin ^a   Varila, Paula ^a   Kutschera, Christoph ^a   Bona, Rodolfo ^a   Hermann, Carmen ^a   Horvat, Predvag ^a   Neto, Jose ^a   Pereira, Luis ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1201/b16003     Document Type: Chapter

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