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Bridging Three Gaps in Biodegradable Plastics: Misconceptions and Truths About Biodegradation [PDF]

Frontiers in Chemistry, 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,
Jaewook Myung, Shinhyeong Choe
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Microbial cell factories for bio-based biodegradable plastics production [PDF]

iScience, 2022
Summary: The misuse of petroleum-based plastics has resulted in serious environmental pollution and resource wastage. Biodegradable plastics can be used as green substitutes for traditional plastics.
Xiao Han, Jiongqin Liu, Sen Tian, Fei Tao, Ping Xu   +4 more
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Sustainability of biodegradable plastics: New problem or solution to solve the global plastic pollution?

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.
Gusman Nawanir, Airin AbdulGhani, Fazeeda Mohamad   +2 more
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Differences in the Plastispheres of Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Plastics: A Mini Review [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 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 ...
Chu Peng, Jiao Wang, Xianhua Liu, Lei Wang   +3 more
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Biodegradable Mineral Plastics

Small Methods, 2023
Mineral plastics are a promising class of bio-inspired materials that offer exceptional properties, like self-heal ability, stretchability in the hydrogel state, and high hardness, toughness, transparency, and non-flammability in the dry state along with
Helmut Cölfen, Graeber, Carla, David Schleheck, Schleheck, David, Ilesha Avasthi, Carla Gräber, Cölfen, Helmut, Jonas Grings, Gräber, Carla, Lerner, Harry, Harry Lerner, Avasthi, Ilesha, Coelfen, Helmut, Grings, Jonas   +13 more
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Microbial decomposition of biodegradable plastics on the deep-sea floor [PDF]

Nature Communications
Microbes 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.
Taku Omura, Noriyuki Isobe, Takamasa Miura, Shun’ichi Ishii, Mihoko Mori, Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Satoshi Kimura, Kohei Hidaka, Katsuya Komiyama, Miwa Suzuki, Ken-ichi Kasuya, Hidetaka Nomaki, Ryota Nakajima, Masashi Tsuchiya, Shinsuke Kawagucci, Hiroyuki Mori, Atsuyoshi Nakayama, Masao Kunioka, Kei Kamino, Tadahisa Iwata   +19 more
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Replacing Traditional Plastics with Biodegradable Plastics: Impact on Carbon Emissions

Engineering
In recent years, a great deal of attention has been focused on the environmental impact of plastics, including the carbon emissions related to plastics, which has promoted the application of biodegradable plastics.
Christian Moretti, Hou Lian, Yunan Sun
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Session 2A Biodegradable Plastics

Conference Proceedings for The 3rd Global Virtual Conference of the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education, 2021
The problem we are facing is the waste produced bythe modern lifestyle. Plastics, specificallysingle-use plastics are prolific in our day to daylives. Taking thousands of years to decompose,filling up space in landfills, and producing methanegas, plastic
Strach, Chloe, Passe, Theresa, Rushlau, George, Hennenfent, Maureen, George Rushlau, Maureen Hennenfent, Theresa Passe, Chloe Strach   +7 more
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End of Life of Biodegradable Plastics: Composting versus Re/Upcycling [PDF]

ChemSusChem, 2021
Micaela Vannini, Claudio Gioia, Martino Colonna   +2 more
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Bio-based plastics, biodegradable plastics, and compostable plastics: biodegradation mechanism, biodegradability standards and environmental stratagem

International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
Conventional 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 ...
Nizamuddin, S, Baloch, AJ, Chen, C, Mubarak, NM, Arif, M   +4 more
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