End of Life of Biodegradable Plastics: Composting versus Re/Upcycling. [PDF]
ChemSusChem, 2021 Nowadays the issues related to the end of life of traditional plastics are very urgent due to the important pollution problems that plastics have caused.
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Impacts of pristine, aged and leachate of conventional and biodegradable plastics on plant growth and soil organic carbon. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res IntPlastic is an essential component of agriculture globally, becoming a concerning form of pollution. Biodegradable alternatives are gaining attention as a potential replacement for commonly used, non-degradable plastics, but there is little known about ...
Wright ACM, Boots B, Ings TC, Green DS.
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Biodegradable Plastics: Standards, Policies, and Impacts. [PDF]
ChemSusChem, 2021 Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. They are in our phones, clothes, bottles, and cars. Yet having improved our lives considerably, they now threaten our environment and our health.
Filiciotto L, Rothenberg G.
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Natural Antioxidants: Advancing Stability and Performance in Sustainable Biobased and Biodegradable Plastics [PDF]
CompoundsThe depletion of fossil fuels and environmental concerns have driven the development of sustainable materials, including bio-based and biodegradable plastics, as alternatives to conventional plastics.
Norma Mallegni +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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Municipal biowaste treatment plants contribute to the contamination of the environment with residues of biodegradable plastics with putative higher persistence potential. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Biodegradable plastics (BDP) are expected to mineralize easily, in particular under conditions of technical composting. However, the complexity of the sample matrix has largely prevented degradation studies under realistic conditions.
Steiner T +7 more
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Bacterial Abundance, Diversity and Activity During Long-Term Colonization of Non-biodegradable and Biodegradable Plastics in Seawater. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2021 The microorganisms living on plastics called “plastisphere” have been classically described as very abundant, highly diverse, and very specific when compared to the surrounding environments, but their potential ability to biodegrade various plastic types
Odobel C +11 more
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Effects of Marine Sand on the Microbial Degradation of Biodegradable Plastics in Seawater and Biofilm Communities that Formed on Plastic Surfaces. [PDF]
Microbes Environ, 2022 Morohoshi T +4 more
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Certifications and testing methods for biodegradable plastics
Reviews in chemical engineeringThis paper offers a comprehensive review of previous studies and articles on international standards and certification criteria for biodegradable plastics.
WooSeok Lee, Jonghoon Kim, Tai Gyu Lee
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyBiodegradable plastics entering terrestrial ecosystems raise environmental and food safety concerns, as they impact soil–plant systems either directly by releasing compounds during degradation, or indirectly, by altering soil biophysical properties and ...
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