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5. Biosourced and biodegradable polyesters
5.1 Poly(lactic acid) or polylactide (PLA)
PLA occupies one of the most important positions on the polyester market, being very easily commercially available, because it is commonly produced from renewable resources such as sugar beet or corn . PLA is thus biosourced and potentially biodegradable, as it can be assimilated by micro-organisms under certain conditions. It is a thermoplastic polymer, which can be amorphous or semi-crystalline, used in a wide range of applications. PLA is used in food packaging (films, bottles or thermoformed...
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EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS: data on biosourced and/or biodegradable plastics
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The PolyBioAid association offers its members an online library on biosourced and/or biodegradable polymers containing some 3,100 different publications, totalling 184,000 pages and weighing 70 GB. E-mail: [email protected]
Standards
- Plastics-Thermoplastic biodegradable mulching films for use in agriculture and horticulture – Requirements and test methods - NF EN ISO 17033 - 01-2018
- Standard test methods for determining the biobased content of solid, liquid and gazeous samples using radio analysis - ASTM D6866 - 2014
- Plastics – Determination of the aerobic biodegradation of non-floating plastics in a seawater/sediment interface - NF EN ISO 19679...
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