Effects of Chemical and Mechanical Weathering Processes on the Degradation of Plastic Debris on Marine Beaches

• Main Author: Cooper, David A
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2012
• Subjects: Plastic Marine Debris; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; SEM; FTIR; UVB radiation; Environmental Health and Protection; Canada; Gros Morne National Park; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/371; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/etd/article/1539/viewcontent/Ph.D._Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Plastics are an integral part of everyday life, and the use of plastic products for consumer goods, food packaging, recreational and commercial fishing and medical and sanitary applications continues to increase. The durability, low cost, light weight and hydrophobic nature of plastic make it a desi...