Introductory Overview

Biopolymers - New Materials for Sustainable Films and Coatings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-14

  Plackett, David ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biaxially oriented PP films (BOPP); Bio derived polymers; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Polyactides (PLAs), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs); Polyethylene terephthalate (PET); Polyvinyl butyrate (PVB); Polyvinyl chloride (PVC); Sustainability; The sustainable biomaterials collaborative (SBC); Worldwide markets for films and coatings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886189874     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119994312.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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