{"first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "In the 1980s there was a great deal of public interest in claims by industrial manufacturers of plastics for \"environmentally friendly\" polyethylene containing starch, which was claimed to be biodegradable."}, "physical_format": "Hardcover", "weight": "2 pounds", "languages": [{"key": "/l/eng"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "publishers": ["Springer"], "number_of_pages": 392, "isbn_13": ["9780306478840"], "id": 12600136, "edition_name": "1 edition", "isbn_10": ["0306478846"], "publish_date": "October 31, 2003", "key": "/b/OL9340763M", "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-30 09:38:13.731961"}, "title": "Biodegradable Polymers and Plastics", "contributions": ["Emo Chiellini (Editor)", "Roberto Solaro (Editor)"], "subjects": ["Plastics & polymers technology", "Technology & Industrial Arts", "Environmental Science", "Chemistry - General", "Technology", "Science/Mathematics", "Plastic scrap", "Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical", "Science-Chemistry - General", "Science-Environmental Science", "Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical", "Technology / Material Science", "Biodegradation", "Textiles & Polymers", "Biodegradable plastics", "Congresses", "Polymers"], "physical_dimensions": "10 x 6.9 x 1.2 inches", "revision": 1}