Biodegradable plastics from renewable sources
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Folia Microbiologica
- Vol. 48 (1) , 27-44
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02931273
Abstract
Plastic waste disposal is a huge ecotechnological problem and one of the approaches to solving this problem is the development of biodegradable plastics. This review summarizes data on their use, biodegradability, commercial reliability and production from renewable resources. Some commercially successful biodegradable plastics are based on chemical synthesis (i.e. polyglycolic acid, polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, and polyvinyl alcohol). Others are products of microbial fermentations (i.e. polyesters and neutral polysaccharides) or are prepared from chemically modified natural products (e.g., starch, cellulose, chitin or soy protein).Keywords
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