This book includes papers on polymeric materials from renewable  resources known as `Biorelated Polymers and Plastics', and issues are  bound to their utilization and environmental impact in their  production, conversions to manufacts and ultimate disposal of  post-costume manufacts. Modern industrial developments inspired by the  new concepts of sustainability and ecocompatibility require a deeper  attention to renewable resources as a new-old source of raw  material and feedback.     This new trend, occurring not only in industrialized countries but  also in emerging countries and countries in transition, thoroughly  permeates the polymer and plastic industry, due to the big impact that  those materials have on the modern way of life. Plastic waste,  specifically that stemming from segments of packaging, containers for  solids and liquids and single use items, is attracting much effort  from municipality officers, producers and converters, aimed at finding  a harmonized solution among the various options available for their  appropriate management. In this respect, polymeric materials of  natural origin (biopolymers), as well as materials from renewable  resources useable for the production of monomeric precursors, or  semi-synthetic polymeric materials, constitute a focal point for  future industrial development in the production of polymers and  plastics.     The present book contains much valuable information and scientific  hints on a modern approach aimed at designing processes and products  with minimal negative environmental impact.

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