Evaluation of degradability of biodegradable polyethylene (PE)

By I. Jakubowicz. 2003

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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A review on production of poly β hydroxybutyrates from cyanobacteria for the production of bio plastics (2013, background): “PHB has been demonstrated in wide range of classical bacteria, but has been reported only for few cyanobacteria [82–84].”
An overview of degradable and biodegradable polyolefins (2011, background): “assessing level of degradation.[3, 53, 112-114] Jakubowicz[112] studied thermal-oxidation of polyethylene and reported that the average molecular weight of polyethylene was estimated as 5000 Da after 2 weeks at 70 °C and after 8 weeks at 60 °C, suggesting that temperature was an important factor tha”
(Nano)plastics in the environment - Sources, fates and effects. (2016, background): “For polyethylene, for example, the degree of bioassimilation under composting conditions has been demonstrated to be of at least 60% (Jakubowicz, 2003).”
Plastic Film Mulching for Water-Efficient Agricultural Applications and Degradable Films Materials Development Research (2015, background): “The most conventional pro-oxidants are Fe3þ, Co2þ, and Mn2þ stearates [55, 56].”
Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum‐based plastics: how far are we? (2017, background): “…such as UV irradiation, oxygen, temperature, as well as the presence of chemical oxidants, therefore play a crucial role in the degradation of PE and PP in the environment (Bonhomme et al., 2003; Jakubowicz, 2003; Hakkarainen and Albertsson, 2004; Koutny et al., 2006a,b; Arkatkar et al., 2010; Fig.”
Abiotic and biotic degradation of oxo-biodegradable polyethylenes (2009, background): “Nevertheless, according to Jakubowicz [9], the oxygen concentration hardly influences the oxidative degradation in the range of 5–21 mass%.”