Abstract
Nowadays, the plastic industry occupies a predominant and growing place in our everyday life. However, many of the plastics only have application for a determined time. That is the reason why their after-use valorisation draws more and more attention from scientists and industrials. One solution to at least partially resolving the problem of plastics accumulation in the environment is to develop the sector of the biodegradable polymers. In this domain, aliphatic polyesters play a key-role1. These polymers exhibit many advantages in comparison to commodity plastics such as for instance polyolefins. In addition to their biodegradability, it is possible to modulate their lifetime by changing the nature of the ester repeating units or to enhance their thermo-mechanical properties by copolymerization, blending, and filling techniques.
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Pollet, E., Paul, MA., Dubois, P. (2003). New Aliphatic Polyester Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites. In: Chiellini, E., Solaro, R. (eds) Biodegradable Polymers and Plastics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9240-6_22
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