Is Biodegradable Plastic Mulch the Solution to Agriculture’s Plastic Problem?

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTIs Biodegradable Plastic Mulch the Solution to Agriculture's Plastic Problem?Henry Y. Sintim and Markus Flury*View Author Information Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 and Puyallup, Washington 98371 United States*Phone: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51, 3, 1068–1069Publication Date (Web):January 12, 2017Publication History Received29 November 2016Published online12 January 2017Published inissue 7 February 2017https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.6b06042https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b06042newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2017 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views23078Altmetric-Citations254LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (1 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Crops,Plastics,Polyethylene,Quality management,Soils Get e-Alerts