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The aim of this book is to provide an overview of the situation regarding the biodegradable polymer along the value chain, identify and analyse existing practices for biodegradable plastics, assess the relevant legal, regulatory, economic and practical reasons for the importance of proper use and proper recycling of biodegradable plastics.
List of contents
Introduction; 1 Recent Advances in the Synthesis of (Bio)degradable Polymers by Traditional Technologies and by Biotechnological Routes; 2 Degradation Principle and Regulations; 3 Manufacturing Processes of (Bio)degradable Polymers; 4 Comprehensive Characterisation of Complex Polymer Systems; 5 Current Trends in the Area of Blends and Composites; 6 New Research Strategy in Forecasting Directions of (Bio)degradable Polyester Applications; 7 (Bio)degradable Polymers of Biological and Biomedical Interest; 8 (Bio)degradable Polymers in Everyday Life; 9 Principles Concerning Sustainability: Present and Future of (Bio)degradable Polymers − Final Conclusions
About the author
Joanna Rydz obtained a doctoral degree at the Jagiellonian University in 2005. She has been working at the Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences since 1995, currently as an adjunct. She is a laureate of several scholarships and researcher positions: the Marie Curie Fellowship at Vienna University of Technology; Scholarship of Slovak Republic for research stay in Polymer Institute SAS in Bratislava; a position at Institute of Polymers BAS in So a. The area of her competence and expertise concerns environmentally friendly (bio)degradable polymers produced from renewable resources, which are currently among the most promising polymers for sustainable development with possible use in agriculture, medicine and particularly in the packaging technologies.
Summary
The aim of this book is to provide an overview of the situation regarding the biodegradable polymer along the value chain, identify and analyse existing practices for biodegradable plastics, assess the relevant legal, regulatory, economic and practical reasons for the importance of proper use and proper recycling of biodegradable plastics.
