Plastics and Environmental Sustainability

Surveys the issues typically raised in discussions of sustainability and plastics

• Discusses current issues not covered in detail previously such as ocean litter, migration of additives into food products and the recovery of plastics
• Covers post-consumer fate of plastics on land and in the oceans, highlighting the environmental impacts of disposal methods
• Details toxicity of plastics, particularly as it applies to human health
• Presents a clear analysis of the key plastic-related issues including numerous citations of the research base that supports and contradicts the popularly held notions