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Biodegradation of bioplastics in natural environments.
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This review highlights the recent findings attributed to the biodegradability of bioplastics in various environments, environmental conditions, degree of biodegradation, including the identified bioplastic-degrading microorganisms from different microbial communities.About:
This article is published in Waste Management.The article was published on 2017-01-01. It has received 618 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bioplastic.read more
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Determination of biodegradation rate of commercial oxo-biodegradable polyethylene film products using ASTM D 5988
TL;DR: In this article, the standard test method of ASTM D 5988 (Standard Test Method for Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials in Soil) has been applied on three commercial grade oxo-biodegradable polyethylene (PE) film products.
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The Degradative Capabilities of New Amycolatopsis Isolates on Polylactic Acid
Francesca Decorosi,Maria Luna Exana,Francesco Pini,Alessandra Adessi,A. Messini,Luciana Giovannetti,Carlo Viti +6 more
TL;DR: The strain SNC was the best PLA degrader—it was able to assimilate lactic acid, constitutively cleave PLA, and form a thick and widespread biofilm on PLA film, which led to a weight loss of 36% in one month in mesophilic conditions.
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Plastisphere community assemblage of aquatic environment: plastic-microbe interaction, role in degradation and characterization technologies
TL;DR: A review of the plastisphere in recent years and the microbial community assemblage (viz. autotrophs, heterotrophics, predators, and pathogens) can be found in this paper .
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Biopolymers modulate microbial communities in municipal organic waste digestion
TL;DR: Since the biodiversity in compost may play a crucial role in its stability and safety, the modulation of environmental microbial communities induced by higher concentrations of PLA in OFMSW treatment can pose relevant issues.
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Inclusion of multiple climate tipping as a new impact category in life cycle assessment of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-based plastics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed life cycle assessment (LCA) to assess environmental performance of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-based plastics, considering multiple climate tipping as a new life cycle impact category.
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TL;DR: The aim of this review is to emphasise the importance of measure as well as possible, the last stage of the biodegradation, in order to certify the integration of new materials into the biogeochemical cycles.