Plastics and environmental sustainability : fact and fiction

Survey's 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 plasticsCovers post-consumer fate of plastics on land and in the oceans, highlighting the environmental impacts of disposal methodsDetails toxicity of plastics, particularly as it applies to human healthPresents a clear analysis of the key plastic-related issues including numerous citations of the research base that supports and contradicts the popularly held notions