Biodegradation of Agricultural Plastic Films: A Critical Review

By Ioanna Kyrikou, D. Briassoulis. 2007

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Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits for long-term soil degradation? (2016, background): “bonyl groups and compounds containing transition metals like Fe, Co and Mn (Kyrikou and Briassoulis, 2007).”
‘White revolution’ to ‘white pollution’—agricultural plastic film mulch in China (2014, background): “present [6], which is primarily composed of polyvinyl chloride.”
Application of Biotests for the Determination of Soil Ecotoxicity after Exposure to Biodegradable Plastics (2016, background): “These characteristics have encouraged a wider employ of this biodegradable plastic also for other uses such as in the agricultural field as mulch films (Kyrikou and Briassoulis, 2007).”
Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities. (2017, background): “For example, plastic mulches and polytunnels are used to control temperature 325 and moisture, and retard weed growth in agricultural and horticultural applications (Kasirajan and 326 Ngouajio, 2012; Kyrikou and Briassoulis, 2007; Rillig, 2012; Steinmetz et al., 2016).”
Enzymatic degradation of polymers: A brief review (2014, background): “Since then scientists have been able to isolate and characterize the enzyme polyvinyl alcohol dehydrogenase (PVADH), which can degrade PVA by oxidative dehydrogenation followed by the breaking of carbon–carbon bond.(25) Studies have shown that the extracellular enzyme polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) depol”
Lifetime prediction of biodegradable polymers (2017, background): “biodegradation is essentially an electron transfer process [276], with electrons moving through metabolic pathways via electron transfer reactions to terminal electron acceptors.”
The Role of Microbes in Plastic Degradation (2016, background): “So, photodegradable polymers require either an in-built photo responsive group in the chain or an additive one (Kyrikou and Briassoulis, 2007).”
Polymer Biodegradation and Biodegradable Polymers - a Review (2010, unknown): “If there is no oxygen, an anaerobic degradation occurs and methane is produced instead of carbon dioxide [3, 13, 14].”
Plastics recycling: challenges and opportunities (2009, background): “Therefore, degradation rates vary considerably between landfills, terrestrial and marine environments (Kyrikou & Briassoulis 2007).”