caa a22 4500 467886466 CHVBK 20180406152736.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10924-006-0036-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10924-006-0036-1 Considerations for Manufacturing Bio-Based Plastic Products [Elektronische Daten] [Kurt Rosentrater, Andrew Otieno] One engine that drives the United States' economic growth is an ever-increasing demand for manufactured products, both at home and abroad. This increase has created a major concern for the environment in terms of disposing used goods and ensuring that these products are safe. As environmental concerns grow, however, renewable resources are gaining increasing attention, especially as industrial ecology and product biodegradability gain importance. Added to this, biological materials are increasingly being utilized to replace traditional materials in manufacturing. To aid both educators as well as researchers, this paper examines several considerations that are essential for manufacturing plastic products that contain biomaterials. These include the selection of materials, the selection of manufacturing processes, manufacturing costs, and the quality of final products. Additionally, several standard methods that are commonly used for the determination of mechanical and physical properties are compiled; thus this paper should be a useful resource for both educators and researchers. The trends discussed here and their implications are critical for those involved in manufacturing, because contrary to conventional wisdom, simultaneously meeting the material production needs of our society, as well as that of the environment are not mutually-exclusive. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006 Bioplastics nationallicence Composites nationallicence Properties nationallicence Standards nationallicence Testing nationallicence Rosentrater Kurt USDA, ARS, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, 2923 Medary Ave., 57006, Brookings, SD, USA aut Otieno Andrew Department of Technology, Northern Illinois University, Still Hall 103C, 60115, DeKalb, IL, USA aut Journal of Polymers and the Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 14/4(2006-10-01), 335-346 1566-2543 14:4<335 2006 14 10924 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-006-0036-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-006-0036-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rosentrater Kurt USDA, ARS, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, 2923 Medary Ave., 57006, Brookings, SD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Otieno Andrew Department of Technology, Northern Illinois University, Still Hall 103C, 60115, DeKalb, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Polymers and the Environment Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 14/4(2006-10-01), 335-346 1566-2543 14:4<335 2006 14 10924 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer