Compostability assessment of nano-reinforced poly(lactic acid) films

Waste Management

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 143-155

  Balaguer, M P ^a   Aliaga, C ^a   Fito, C ^a   Hortal, M ^a  

^a ITENE (Packaging Transport and Logistics Research Institute)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Compostability; Disintegration; Film; Nanomaterial; PLA

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DISINTEGRATION; FILMS; LACTIC ACID; ODOR CONTROL; REINFORCEMENT; SILICON OXIDES; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS; COMPOSTABILITY; COMPOSTING ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICITY; END OF LIVES; PLA; POLY LACTIC ACID FILMS; QUATERNARY SALTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE NANOPARTICLE; CARBON; MONTMORILLONITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYLACTIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENTONITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LACTIC ACID; NANOMATERIAL; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

BIODEGRADATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COMPOSTING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FILM; MONTMORILLONITE; PLASTIC; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; MOISTURE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

BENTONITE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GERMINATION; LACTIC ACID; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

EID: 84952942710     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.10.030     Document Type: Article

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