NatureWorks Life Cycle Articles

• Gruber, P.R., Commodity Polymers from Renewable Resources: Polylactic Acid, Carbon Management: Implications for R&D in the Chemical Sciences and Technology:  A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable.
  
  
• Gruber, P.R., O'Brien, M., Polylactic NatureWorks™ PLA, page 235-249, Biopolymers in 10 volumes, Volume 4, Polyesters III Applications and Commercial Products, Edited by Doi, Y., Steinbuchel, A., January 2002, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, ISBN 3-527-30225-5.
  
  
• Slater, S., Glassner, D., Vink, E., Gerngross, T., Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Biopolymers, page 473-492, Biopolymers, Volume 10, General Aspects and Special Applications, Edited by Steinbuchel, A., April 2003, Wiley=VCH, Weinheim, ISBN 3-527-30229-8.