Environmental Deterioration of Biodegradable, Oxo-biodegradable, Compostable, and Conventional Plastic Carrier Bags in the Sea, Soil, and Open-Air Over a 3-Year Period

Imogen E. Napper; Richard C. Thompson

doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b06984

Environmental Deterioration of Biodegradable, Oxo-biodegradable, Compostable, and Conventional Plastic Carrier Bags in the Sea, Soil, and Open-Air Over a 3-Year Period

Imogen E. Napper^*
, Richard C. Thompson

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4775-4783
Number of pages	0
Journal	Environmental Science and Technology
Volume	53
Issue number	9
Early online date	28 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06984
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2019

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