Xiao-qing LIU, Jin ZHU. Clarification of Several Terms about Environmental Friendly Plastics. [J]. Polymer Bulletin 24(6):100-102(2011)
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Xiao-qing LIU, Jin ZHU. Clarification of Several Terms about Environmental Friendly Plastics. [J]. Polymer Bulletin 24(6):100-102(2011) DOI: 10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2011.06.014.
Clarification of Several Terms about Environmental Friendly Plastics
biodegradable polymer and bio-based polymer are important terms about environmental friendly plastics.They are both correlative and distinct.In this paper
the meaning of these terms was clarified.For biopolymer
it must be derived from renewable resource and produced by biotechnology; For biodegradable polymer
it could be made from either bio-based or petroleum-based materials.But for the bio-based polymer is concerned
we only focus on whether it is made from renewable materials or not.It could be biodegradable or non-biodegradable.