Plastics and Environmental Sustainability by Anthony L. Andrady - 9781118312605

Plastics and Environmental SustainabilityAuthor(s): Anthony L. Andrady\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9781118312605, 978-1118312605\nSynopsis\nSurveys the issues typically raised in discussions of sustainability and plastics\nDiscusses 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