Sponsored by various Divisions of the American Chemical Society. Includes bibliographical references.

Polymers with controlled lifetimes / J.E. Guillet -- Delayed action photo-activator for the degradation of packaging polymers / Gerald Scott -- The photoactivated degradation of polyolefins / Bernard Baum and Roy A. White -- The biodegradability of synthetic polymers / J.E. Potts, R.A. Clendinning, W.B. Ackart, and W.D. Niegisch -- Effluents from the municipal incineration of plastics / Richard B. Engdahl, Horatio H. Krause, and Paul D. Miller -- The auto-ignition of multicomponent fiber systems / Bernard Miller, J. Ronald Martin, and Charles H. Meiser, Jr. -- Thermal analysis of irradiated poly(vinyl chloride) / R. Salovey and R.G. Badger -- Recycling poly(tetrafluoroethylene) / Barry Arkles -- An industry view of plastics and the environment / George W. Ingle -- The plastics issue / George L. Huffman and Daniel J. Keller -- The federal approach to recycling polymers / John P. Lehman -- Who's on the clean-up crew? / Ralph J. Black.