Polymers: The Environment and Sustainable Development

• Autore: Hamerton Ian
• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : John Wiley & Sons Incorporated, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 219 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 668.4192
• Soggetto topico: Plastics - Recycling
• Persona (resp. second.): EmsleyAlan; AzapagicAdisa
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The environment and sustainable development : an integrated strategy for polymers -- 2. Polymers in everyday use: principles, properties and environmental effects -- 3. Feeding the waste streams: sources of polymersin the environment -- 4. Managing polymer waste: technologies for separation and recycling -- 5. Drivers and barriers for polymer recycling: social, legal and economic factors -- 6. Product design for the environment: the life cycle approach -- 7. Environmental impacts of recycling -- 8. Future directions: towards sustainable technology.
• Sommario/riassunto: "An accessible treatment of this crucial area of environmental chemistry, Polymers, the Environment and Sustainable Development, employs an interdisciplinary approach to tackle the problem of polymeric materials, inherent durability and subsequent persistence in the environment." "Each chapter provides a complete coverage of the main themes with directed further reading and revision exercises with sample questions and answers to consolidate the main issues addressed. Essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as an invaluable reference guide for technologists and industrialists, in the vast arena of environmental and polymer sciences."--Jacket.
• Titolo autorizzato: Polymers: The Environment and Sustainable Development
• ISBN: 9786610271467; 0-470-86517-2; 0-470-30927-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910840643003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II