Sustainability of bioplastics: opportunities and challenges

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dc.contributor.authorThakur, Sourbh
dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, Jyoti
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Bhawna
dc.contributor.authorVerma, Ankit
dc.contributor.authorTamulevicius, Sigitas
dc.contributor.authorThakur, Vijay Kumar
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-13T10:53:52Z
dc.date.available2018-11-13T10:53:52Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-27
dc.description.abstractRecycling is groundwork of the worldwide efforts to diminish the amount of plastics in waste. Mostly around 7.8–8.2 million tons of poorly-used plastics enter the oceans every year. Non-biodegradable plastics settlements in landfills are uncertain, which hinders the production of land resources. Non-biodegradable plastic solid wastes, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, various air pollutants, cancerous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dioxins, released to the environment cause severe damage and harmfulness to the inhabitants. Due to the bio-degradability and renewability of biopolymers, petroleum-based plastics can be replaced with bio-based polymers in order to minimize the environmental risks. In this review article, bio-degradability of polymers has been discussed. The mechanisms of bio-recycling have been particularly emphasized in the present article.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationSourbh Thakur, Jyoti Chaudhary, Bhawna Sharma, et al., Sustainability of bioplastics: opportunities and challenges. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Volume 13, October 2018, Pages 68-75en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2452-2236
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.04.013
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13627
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.titleSustainability of bioplastics: opportunities and challengesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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