Plastics and Environmental Sustainability - Hardcover

by Anthony L. Andrady (Author)

Survey's the issues typically raised in discussions of sustainability and plastics

• Discusses current issues not covered in detail previously such as ocean litter, migration of additives into food products and the recovery of plastics
• Covers post-consumer fate of plastics on land and in the oceans, highlighting the environmental impacts of disposal methods
• Details toxicity of plastics, particularly as it applies to human health
• Presents a clear analysis of the key plastic-related issues including numerous citations of the research base that supports and contradicts the popularly held notions

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Survey's the issues typically raised in discussions of sustainability and plastics

The issue of Plastics in the environment has attracted widespread attention from the scientific community as well as from the informed general public. Plastics offer a variety of environmental benefits. However, their production, applications, and disposal present many environmental concerns. Some of these are real and justified while others have little support in fact. Plastics and Environmental Sustainability presents a clear analysis of the key plastic-related issues, citing the research base that supports or contradicts the popularly held notions while focusing on three key areas; the plastics industry that discusses its scope and societal benefits; the post-consumer fate of plastics on land and in the oceans, highlighting the environmental impacts of disposal methods; and toxicity of plastics, particularly as it applies to human health.

Plastics and Environmental Sustainability features:

• Discussions on post-consumer fate of plastics on land and in the oceans, highlighting the environmental impacts of disposal methods
• Toxicity of plastics, particularly as it applies to human health
• A clear analysis of the key plastic-related issues including numerous citations of the research base that supports and contradicts the popularly held notions

Author Biography

Anthony L. Andrady, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the North Carolina State University. An accomplished Polymer Scientist, Dr. Andrady has published over a hundred original research papers and book chapters on Polymers. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the National College of Rubber Technology (London, England). Dr. Andrady edited Plastics and the Environment (Wiley, 2003) and authored Science and Technology of Polymer Nanofibers (Wiley, 2007).