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Biodegradable Mineral Plastics
Small Methods, 2023 AbstractMineral 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 reversible transformation into the hydrogel by addition of water. This enables easy reshape‐
Ilesha Avasthi +5 more
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Biodegradability of Plastics [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2009 Plastic is a broad name given to different polymers with high molecular weight, which can be degraded by various processes. However, considering their abundance in the environment and their specificity in attacking plastics, biodegradation of plastics by microorganisms and enzymes seems to be the most effective process.
Tokiwa, Yutaka +3 more
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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2023 Plastics materials which are used in our daily life especially for packaging applications are derived from petrochemicals. Though these plastic materials satisfy the required properties of packaging materials in terms of strength, water resistance, and ...
Mezigebu Belay
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Applied Surface Science Advances, 2022 The use of fossil fuel-based plastics is harmful for our natural environment. Moreover, these plastics are single used plastics, difficult to recycle and non-biodegradable. These are polluting our environment and affecting marine organisms.
Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury +3 more
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Soil Microbial Communities Associated With Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Agricultural plastic mulch films provide a favorable soil microclimate for plant growth, improving crop yields. Biodegradable plastic mulch films (BDMs) have emerged as a sustainable alternative to widely used non-biodegradable polyethylene (PE) films ...
Sreejata Bandopadhyay +5 more
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Bio‐based and biodegradable plastics [PDF]
Microbial Biotechnology, 2019 Lawrence P. Wackett
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Preparation and Characteristics of Paper-based Biodegradable Plastics
BioResources, 2015 The aim of this work was to make biodegradable plastics from renewable resources. Paper-based biodegradable plastics were produced via a sol-gel process by using zinc chloride solution.
Xiao Jiang +4 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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Early release of methane and quicker degradation of bioplastics using activated sludge [PDF]
The Holistic Approach to EnvironmentEnvironmental hazards caused by fossil-based plastics are spread through every ecosystem of the biosphere. As an alternative, biodegradable plastics are environmentally friendly and sustainable.
Chethan Kumar Mukunda +2 more
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Degradation of oxo-biodegradable plastic by Pleurotus ostreatus.
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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