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Plastics and Environmental Sustainability

Author Anthony L. Andrady
Publisher Wiley
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PublisherWiley
ISBN / ASIN1118312600
ISBN-139781118312605
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,215,598
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

Description

Survey’s the issues typically raised in discussions of sustainability and plastics

  • Discusses current issues not covered in detail previously such as ocean litter, migration of additives into food products and the recovery of plastics
  • Covers post-consumer fate of plastics on land and in the oceans, highlighting the environmental impacts of disposal methods
  • Details toxicity of plastics, particularly as it applies to human health
  • Presents a clear analysis of the key plastic-related issues including numerous citations of the research base that supports and contradicts the popularly held notions