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Degradation of oxo-biodegradable plastic by Pleurotus ostreatus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Growing concerns regarding the impact of the accumulation of plastic waste over several decades on the environmental have led to the development of biodegradable plastic.
José Maria Rodrigues da Luz +4 more
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Effect Carrageenan to Biodegradable Plastic From Tubers [PDF]
Jurnal Bahan Alam Terbarukan, 2019 Plastic waste can cause serious environmental problems. This can be overcome by various efforts; one of them is by replacing the use of conventional plastic with biodegradable plastic.
Toto Rusianto +2 more
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Influence of Home Composting on Tensile Properties of Commercial Biodegradable Plastic Films. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2021 In recent years biodegradable plastic films have been increasingly used for various purposes, most often as grocery bags and for collecting bio-waste. Typically, the biodegradation of these films should take place in industrial compost facilities where ...
Rujnić Havstad M +3 more
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, 2006 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The food packaging industry is a £300bn global industry growing at a rate of 12% per year and increasingly favouring polymer or polymer-based materials ...
Davies, Gareth Benjamin Harverd
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Experimental investigation and computational modelling of the thermoforming process of thermoplastic starch [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Plastic packaging waste currently forms a significant part of municipal solid waste and as such is causing increasing environmental concerns. Such packaging
Szegda, Damian
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Biodegradable plastic mulch and suitability for sustainable and organic agriculture [PDF]
, 2018 Biodegradable plastic mulch offers crop production benefits similar to polyethylene (PE) mulch but is designed to be tilled into the soil after use thereby eliminating waste and disposal challenges.
Ghimire, Shuresh +5 more
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Jurnal Ilmu Dasar, 2023 The preparation of biodegradable plastics based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-taro starch as an alternative to synthetic plastics has been conducted.
Endah Saraswati +2 more
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Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2022 Biodegradable plastic mulch is potentially a suitable alternative to conventional polyethylene mulch because of the limited disposal options of the latter. However, biodegradable plastic mulch must perform better or comparably to polyethylene mulch to be
Henry Y. Sintim +5 more
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End-of-Life Management Options for Agricultural Mulch Films in the United States—A Review
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Polyethylene plastic mulches are widely used in specialty cropping systems in the United States due to the horticultural benefits they provide. However, polyethylene mulch is reapplied seasonally, generating large volumes of plastic waste that contribute
Brenda Madrid +10 more
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Prisma Sains: Jurnal Pengkajian Ilmu dan Pembelajaran Matematika dan IPA IKIP Mataram, 2023 Biodegradable plastic is made by mixing from temu ireng rhizomes starch matrix, sorbitol as a plasticizer, and chitosan as a filler through the melt intercalation method. heating process at 800C and drying at 70oC.
Santy Meilisa Manurung +4 more
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