Polyolefins with controlled environmental degradability

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Abstract

Antioxidants and stabilisers, developed to increase the durability of polyolefins, in combination with prooxidant transition metal complexes provide industrial products with widely variable but controlled lifetimes. The low molar mass oxidation products formed during photo-oxidation and thermal oxidation are biodegradable and oxo-biodegradable polyolefins are now widely used in agricultural applications and in degradable packaging as examples. The scientific basis for the performance of oxo-biodegradable materials is explained with reference to naturally occurring macromolecules. Comparison with hydro-biodegradable materials is made and the need is demonstrated for performance standards to be developed that mimic nature's resource recovery mechanism, that of oxo-biodegradation. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Wiles, D. M., & Scott, G. (2006). Polyolefins with controlled environmental degradability. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 91(7), 1581–1592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.09.010

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