Books

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General conditions, market situation, production, structure and properties
Dr.-Ing. Michael Thielen

The book is intended to offer a rapid and uncomplicated introduction into the subject of bioplastics, and is aimed at all interested readers, in particular those who have not yet had the opportunity to dig deeply into the subject, such as students, those just joining this industry, and lay readers.

Edited by Srikanth Pilla: In today's world, bioplastics are becoming increasingly prominent owing mainly to scarcity of oil, increase in the cost of petroleum-based commodities, and growing environmental concerns with the dumping of non-biodegradable plastics in landfills. This book summarizes the field of bioplastics by illustrating how they form a unique class of research area that integrates pure and applied sciences such as chemistry, engineering and materials science, to initate solutions. ...

General conditions, market situation, production, structure and properties
Hans-Josef Endres, Andrea Siebert-Raths

Rahmenbedingungen, Marktsituation, Herstellung,Aufbau und Eigenschaften
Hans-Josef Endres, Andrea Siebert-Raths

A new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc.

The degradable plastic industry has been on the verge of commercial success for decades. However, demand growth was limited because most degradable plastics were too expensive, were unavailable in large enough quantities or had performance drawbacks that limited them to niche markets ...

Products, markets, trends, and technologies
Jan Th. J. Ravenstijn

The report 'The state-of-the-art on Bioplastics 2010' describes the revolutionary growth of bio-based monomers, polymers, and plastics and changes in performance and variety for the entire global plastics market in the first decades of this century...

Rainer Höfer (Editor)

Apocalypse now? Was the financial crisis which erupted in 2008 the ‘‘writing on the wall’’, the Menetekel for the Industrial Age? Is mankind approaching the impasse of Easter Island, Anasazi and Maya societies shortly before collapse – ‘‘which followed swiftly upon the society’s reaching its peak of population, monument construction and environmental impact’’? Or will mankind be capable of a new global common sense? ...