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Microbial decomposition of biodegradable plastics on the deep-sea floor. [PDF]
Nat CommunMicrobes can decompose biodegradable plastics on land, rivers and seashore. However, it is unclear whether deep-sea microbes can degrade biodegradable plastics in the extreme environmental conditions of the seafloor.
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Differences in the Plastispheres of Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Plastics: A Mini Review. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 There has been a steady rise in the production and disposal of biodegradable plastics. Unlike the microorganisms present in the biofilms on non-biodegradable plastic surfaces (the “plastisphere”), the plastisphere of biodegradable plastic has not been ...
Peng C, Wang J, Liu X, Wang L.
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Bridging Three Gaps in Biodegradable Plastics: Misconceptions and Truths About Biodegradation. [PDF]
Front Chem, 2021 In the wake of plastic pollution increasing around the world, biodegradable plastics are one of the fastest-growing segments within the global plastics market. The biodegradation of these plastics depends on diverse factors including, but not limited to,
Choe S, Kim Y, Won Y, Myung J.
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Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2022 Plastic usage is increasing the number of pollutants in the environment. Plastic particles and other plastic-based pollutants are found in our environment and food chain, posing a threat to human health.
Taofeeq D. Moshood +5 more
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 The negative impact of plastic accumulation in aquatic ecosystems is a known and undeniable problem. However, while many of the scientific community’s countermeasures against such accumulation target the effects of the most common commodity plastics, the
Laura Ribba +5 more
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Bioplastic design using multitask deep neural networks [PDF]
Communications Materials, 2022 Biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates are promising replacements for non-degradable plastics. Here, neural network property predictors are applied to a search space of approximately 1.4 million candidates, identifying 14 polyhydroxyalkanoates that could ...
Christopher Kuenneth +5 more
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International Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 Although many studies are being actively conducted to develop biodegradable plastic materials, most of these reports focused more on efficiency or performance improvement than on the reaction mechanism. This paper discussed the reaction mechanism applied
Yongeun Kim, Cheolsoo Jung
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Biodegradable plastics in the marine environment: a potential source of risk?
Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics, 2022 The marine environment is facing the threat of increasing plastic pollution, especially from disposable plastics. Presently, governments worldwide are promoting policies to restrict or prohibit conventional plastics.
Hongzhe Chen
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International Biodeterioration & BiodegradationConventional polymers are environmentally damaging materials; therefore, global efforts are being made to gradually replace these conventional polymers with bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics due to claims of being more sustainable than petroleum-based plastics.
Sabzoi Nizamuddin +4 more
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Marine biodegradability review of plastics
Water Cycle, 2021 Current test methods for estimating biodegradability and duration in the oceans, do not consider nitrogen as a limiting factor for bacterial growth and plastic biodegradation. Algae and cyanobacteria can thrive within widely ranging Nitrogen/Phosphorous ratios from 5:1 to 100:1 The ocean's biodiversity that we know could die off if algae and ...
Tony Van Rossum
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