POLYMER COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ARTICLES OF BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR THEIR PREPARATION

摘要

Polymer compositions useful for the production of articles of biodegradable plastics material with improved biodegradability include destructed starch and a polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene-vinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol and mixtures thereof wherein at least a portion of the said polymer is modified by the substitution of from 0.1 to 5 molar % of the functional alcohol groups in the polymer chain by X groups in which X is an oxo or an alkyl carbonyl group in which the alkyl group contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.