Type
Text
Date
1992
Language
en_US
Subject
Marine Sciences. | Atmospheric Sciences. | Plastics > Biogradation. | Waste disposal in the ground > Environmental aspects. | Waste disposal in the ocean > Environmental aspects.
Source
Degradation of starch-based plastics in the environment. Stony Brook, N.Y. : Waste Management Institute, Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, [1992]
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/66163
Contributor
Marine Sciences Research Center | Bubolo, Nicole Justine | Chang, Sherry | Larese. Stephen | Reigert, Maria | Torre, F. Jason
Creator
Breslin, Vincent
Publisher
Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY
Format
application/pdf
Description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references.,from the introduction, ". . .The degradation processes for starch-based plastics following burial in modern sanitary landfills is not well known. The objective of this study is to measure the rate and extent of deterioration of starch-based and control plastics in a municipal solid waste landfill. The composition of the MSW buried at the landfill was determined and environmental conditions at the burial site were measured to determine if favorable conditions existed for degradation to proceed. Both physical and chemical tests were conducted to measure the extent of deterioration of starch-based and control plastics during the 24 months burial in a municipal solid waste landfill. . .
Relation
Special report (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center);97
Rights
Stony Brook University
Recommended Citation
Breslin, Vincent, "Degradation of starch-based plastics in the environment." (1992). Special Reports. 117.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/special-reports/117