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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 Int
Wright ACM, Boots B, Ings TC, Green DS.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Bio-based and biodegradable plastics: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in microbial biotechnology. [PDF]

Microb Biotechnol, 2019
Wackett LP.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Bio-Based Polyether from Limonene Oxide Catalytic ROP as Green Polymeric Plasticizer for PLA [PDF]

Polymer, 210, 123003 (2020), 2020
In this work, the polymerization of Limonene Oxide (LO) has been achieved using an Earth abundant metal-based catalyst developed in our group, that is very active in ring opening polymerization (ROP) processes. The bio-based polylimonene ether (PLO) obtained had low molecular weight and good thermal properties, thus being a potential green polymeric ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Protocol for photocatalytic upcycling of non-biodegradable plastics into platform chemicals at ambient conditions. [PDF]

STAR Protoc
Kong XY, Li C, Choo SR, Lyu M, Soo HS.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Disintegration of commercial biodegradable plastic products under simulated industrial composting conditions. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Biodegradable plastics are often promoted as sustainable alternatives to conventional plastics. Nevertheless, significant knowledge gaps exist regarding their degradation under relevant conditions, particularly when compounded into commercial products ...
Afshar SV, Boldrin A, Christensen TH, Corami F, Daugaard AE, Rosso B, Hartmann NB.   +6 more
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Use phase and end-of-life modeling of biobased biodegradable plastics in life cycle assessment: a review

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2022
Due to the negative environmental impacts along the life cycle of fossil-based plastics, there is an increased interest in the development of biobased and biodegradable plastics.
Katrin Molina‐Besch
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Sirlaine Albino Paes, Mateus Dias Nunes, Marliane de Cássia Soares da Silva, Maria Catarina Megumi Kasuya   +4 more
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The Big Compost Experiment: Using citizen science to assess the impact and effectiveness of biodegradable and compostable plastics in UK home composting

Frontiers in Sustainability, 2022
Compostable and biodegradable plastics are growing in popularity but their environmental credentials need to be more fully assessed to determine how they can be a part of the solution to the plastic waste crisis.
Danielle Purkiss, Ayşe Lisa Allison, Ayşe Lisa Allison, Fabiana Lorencatto, Susan Michie, Susan Michie, Mark Miodownik   +6 more
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Sol-Gel and Gel-Sol Transitions of Biodegradable Chlorella-k-Carrageenan Composites: Photon Transmission Study [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Microalgae can be used in the packaging sector due to their ability to synthesize bioactive compounds that are favorable in the production of biodegradable packaging. In this work, to create an alternative to plastic packaging, we studied microalgae Chlorella in the presence of k-Carrageenan to form biodegradable packaging using various approaches such
arxiv  

Redesigning Carbon–Carbon Backbone Polymers for Biodegradability–Compostability at the End-of-Life Stage

Molecules, 2023
Carbon–carbon backbone polymers are non-biodegradable, persistent plastics that have accumulated on land and oceans due to human activities. They degrade and fragment into microplastics and smaller particle sizes but do not biodegrade at an acceptable ...
Neha Mulchandani, Ramani Narayan
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