Sustainable Manufacturing For The Plastics Industry

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Biobased and Degradable Plastics

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The Case for Bio-Based Plastics
By John Williams, National Non-Food Crops Centre
 

Bio-based polymers have been used in many applications for thousands of years, and there was resurgence in the development of artificial bio-based plastics from the mid 19th century until the early 1940’s. The main reason for the lack of commercial production was the discovery of crude oil and its large-scale use for plastics since the late 1940’s...
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Additive Masterbatches to Promote Degradability in Plastics
By Andrew Barclay, Wells Plastics Ltd

Additives to promote degradability in polymers are not a new concept, but have been in the technological arena for at least 30 years following pioneering work in the field by, for example, Scott G. ,Griffin G, Gilead D., and Albertsson A. Currently available commercial products consist of polymeric based masterbatches containing a pro-oxidant (salts of transition metals) and reaction rate modifiers (generally but not exclusively antioxidants)...
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