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Menara Perkebunan, 2018 Effect of Tithonia diversifoliaextract on biodegradability of the bioplastic was evaluated using plantation soil as natural inoculum. The bioplastic was a composite of cellulose from cacao pod husk, starch and enriched by tithoniaextract.
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Plastic is a fossil-based synthetic polymer that has become an essential material in our daily life. Plastic pollution resulting from the accumulation of plastic objects has become problematic for our environment.
Shaimaa Elsaeed +4 more
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Properties of Cassava Starch based Bioplastic Reinforced by Nanoclay
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology, 2018 Synthetic Synthetic plastic is chemical materials which cause severe environmental problems. Incinerating plastic waste leads to release of hazardous gases, which is not good for humans.
Nanang Eko Wahyuningtiyas, Heru Suryanto
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Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences, 2015 Nowadays, industry is searching for an alternative to reduce the usage of petroleum-based non-degradable conventional seedling plant pots. In this study, three different types of bioplastic pots incorporated with newspaper pulp fibres (the ratio of B75 ...
Kang Chiang Liew, Lian Kim Khor
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Life Cycle Management of Bioplastics for a Sustainable Future in Thailand: Sa-med Island Model
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2012 This research aimed to evaluate the environmental performance of selected bioplastic product produced from polylactic acid (PLA) and polybutylene succinate (PBS) based on life cycle approach.
S. Petchprayul +8 more
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Thermogravimetric and Kinetic Analysis of Cassava Starch Based Bioplastic
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology, 2017 Cassava starch based bioplasticfor packaging application has great potency because of the various starch-producing plants in Indonesia.Bioplasticcan contribute to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels andpetroleumthat can solve the environmentalproblem ...
Nanang Eko Wahyuningtyas +4 more
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A Basic Characterisation Study of Bioplastics via Gelatinization of Corn Starch
Journal of Applied Science & Process Engineering, 2021 Plastic waste is the third-largest waste source in the world, so it raises the world’s human health and environmental concerns. Replacing conventional petroleum plastic with bioplastic is an alternative way to minimise plastic wastes from human life and ...
Cindy Li Yin Lee, Wan Sieng Yeo
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Biotropia: The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology, 2022 The cross-linking agent plays an important role in bioplastic mechanical properties. This study aimed to determine the effect of Sodium Hyaluronate (SoHA) as a synthetic cross-linking agent and the addition of Nyamplung Cake Extract (NCE) as an ...
Rini Umiyati +3 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Plastic is incredibly abundant in marine environments but little is known about its effects on benthic microbiota and biogeochemical cycling. This study reports the shotgun metagenomic sequencing of biofilms fouling plastic and bioplastic microcosms ...
Lee J. Pinnell, Jeffrey W. Turner
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Development and characterization of natural sourced bioplastic for food packaging applications
Heliyon, 2023 Climate change and increased pollution caused by traditional petrochemical plastics made the biodegradable environment-friendly plastic (bioplastic) research more popular.
Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury +3 more
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