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The aim of this reprint devoted to the topic “Polymers and the Environment” was to pursue environmentally friendly objectives for polymer-based materials under a two-fold perspective, applied and academic. In the 1980s, the first global environmental crisis occurred with an emphasis on the role of plastics in big cities’ massive solid waste streams. It was apparent then (and now) that the best environmental management practices required solid scientific and technical knowledge. Moreover, once at the end of their useful life, these plastics become involved in their materials (polymers and additives) into a circular economy strategy conjugated with the non-steady scenarios of the other key sectors of the economy, industry, society, and policy. Thus, linking tandem polymers and the environment has led, 40 years later, to a wide polymer research field devoted to continuously improving the environmental performance of polymer and polymer-based materials. This strategy comprises all the steps in the polymer management chain, from the raw materials to the polymers, many of which come from classical and renewable sources (the so-called bioplastics). Additionally, there is a need to improve the processability, ultimate properties, and performance by employing friendly environment additives; the recyclability of the materials; and the development of innovative and disruptive processes allowing better mechanical and energy recovery, including chemical recycling. This reprint includes approaches related to this frontrunner polymer science and technology area.
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Keywords
- alkali–polymer flooding
- asphalts
- bio-based
- bio-based plastics
- biochar particles
- biodegradable polymers
- biopolymers
- blends
- Cellulose
- chemically enhanced oil recovery
- Circular Economy
- compression moulding
- Economics
- Economics, finance, business & management
- Environmental economics
- food packaging
- fractional model
- fracture surface
- incremental oil recovery
- kombucha
- lignin nanoparticles
- material parametrization
- Mechanical properties
- mechanical testing
- mixed plastic packaging waste
- mixed polyethylenes
- n/a
- nanocomposites
- PA66
- PBAT
- PLA
- plant growth
- pole–zero formulation
- polyblends
- polymer flooding
- Polymers
- polypropylene
- recycled plastics
- recycling
- Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
- Research & information: general
- rheological properties
- rPET-O
- rPP
- seed germination
- shape memory polymers
- stabilization additive
- sustainability
- Sustainable materials
- terrestrial ecosystem
- thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
- thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics
- Thermal properties
- thermoplastic
- thermosetting
- upcycling
- viscoelasticity
- WLF coefficients
- yerba mate
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DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-7722-7Editions