Notes from the Packaging Laboratory: Polylactic Acid -- An Exciting New Packaging Material

Headway is being made with a polymer called Polylactic Acid (PLA), an affordable, recyclable, innovative packaging material made from renewable resources. This document is ABE339, one of a series of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Insti...

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Main Authors: Melisa Balkcom, Bruce Welt, Kenneth Berger
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Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2003-12-01
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