Disposal options of bamboo fabric-reinforced poly(lactic) acid composites for sustainable packaging: Biodegradability and recyclability

Polymers

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1476-1496

  Fazita, M R Nurul ^a,b   Jayaraman, Krishnan ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debes ^a   Hossain, Md Sohrab ^b   Haafiz, M K Mohamad ^b   Abdul Khalil, H P S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Cellulosic fiber; Poly(lactic) acid; recyclability; Sustainable packaging

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; IMPACT STRENGTH; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CELLULOSIC FIBERS; COMPOSTING CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENT SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; FIRST-ORDER DECAYS; MECHANICAL RIGIDITY; RECYCLABILITY; SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PACKAGING;

EID: 84940571989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym7081465     Document Type: Article

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