Resource or waste? A perspective of plastics degradation in soil with a focus on end-of-life options
‘Capable-of-being-shaped’ synthetic compounds are prevailing today over horn, bone, leather, wood, stone, metal, glass, or ceramic in products that were previously left to natural materials. Plastic is, in fact, economical, simple, adaptable, and waterproof. Also, it is durable and resilient to natu...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-12-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018301336 |