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Development and characterization of natural sourced bioplastic for food packaging applications

open access: yesHeliyon, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Production of bioplastic from organic waste [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Nowadays, plastic has been used widely. We can see people throw plastic everywhere and it causes serious environment pollution. The main reason is because plastic cannot be decomposed by microorganisms.
Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Ng, Chooi Yee
core   +1 more source

Formulating Bioplastic Composites for Biodegradability, Recycling, and Performance: A Review

open access: yes, 2020
Society’s wish list for future packaging systems is placing some daunting challenges upon researchers: In addition to protecting contents during storage and shipping, the material must not bio-accumulate, and it should be readily recyclable by using ...
Chang Dou   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Physical And Mechanical Properties Of Bioplastic From Pectin, Arrowroot Starch With The Addition Of Chitosan And Glycerol [PDF]

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences
One alternative to conventional plastics, such as biodegradable plastics, is bioplastic packaging. Bioplastic is made from materials that come from nature and naturally degrades easily.
Muryeti   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Circular closed-loop waste biorefineries: Organic waste as an innovative feedstock for the production of bioplastic in South Africa

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science, 2022
The impact of landfills on the environment has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years due to the confounding effects of climate change and water scarcity.
Preshanthan Moodley, Cristina Trois
doaj   +1 more source

Conscious purchase and consumption of bioplastic products (n = 365).

open access: yes, 2022
Conscious purchase and consumption of bioplastic products (n = 365).
Arminda Paço (12469203)   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Bioplastic obtained from waste (rice straw) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Rice straw contains relatively high cellulose. Cellulose is a natural biopolymer that can be used as a bioplastic material. This study aimed to produce bioplastics from organic waste which is rice straw is used as a substitute to the conventional ...
Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Shotgun Metagenomics Reveals the Benthic Microbial Community Response to Plastic and Bioplastic in a Coastal Marine Environment

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

New polyvinyl alcohol/gellan gum-based bioplastics with guava and chickpea extracts for food packaging

open access: yesScientific 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
doaj   +1 more source

Life Cycle Management of Bioplastics for a Sustainable Future in Thailand: Sa-med Island Model

open access: yesChemical 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
doaj   +1 more source

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