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This is a book index covering topics related to plastic materials, their degradation, and environmental fate. It includes references to polymer types, degradation processes, beach litter, and sustainability topics.
polyesters, 168 Alkylphenols and their Ethoxylates (APEs), 187, 209 Aluminum construction materials, 134-5 food packaging, 188, 230, 235 general packaging, 125, 127-8 resources, 16-18 American society for testing and materials (ASTM), 41, 73, 108, 157, 165-70, 176 tests for degradation of plastics, 168 Anaerobic degradation, 163-71 digestion, 261-2, 274 APEs.see Alkylphenols and their Ethoxylates (APEs) Atactic polymers, 61, 76 Automobiles, 122-3, 125 Bacterial polymers, 115 Balloons, 95, 303 Beaches degradation by UV, 300-301, 305-7 litter, 296-7 sustainability, 309-11 Benzophenones, 158-9 Benzotriazoles, 158-9
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