Review of recent advances in the biodegradability of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastics and their composites

By Kjeld W. Meereboer, Manjusri Misra, A. Mohanty. Green Chemistry, 2020

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Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s (PHAs) represent a promising solution to allay climate change and plastic waste pollution. Being both completely bio-based and biodegradable, PHAs can approach a carbon neutral platform whereas petroleum-based plastics cannot.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Pollution

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Citations in the corpus

• Macroalgal biorefinery concepts for the circular bioeconomy: A review on biotechnological developments and future perspectives (2021, background): “Macroalgal polysaccharide based bioplastics have the potential to replace current bioplastics [177] particularly since not all bioplastics, such as PLA, form a closed loop cycle from ‘cradle to cradle’ and can decompose in all environments [178]; PLA is only compostable and not marine biodegradable ”
• Bio-sourced polymers as alternatives to conventional food packaging materials: A review (2021, background): “It often offers a carbon-neutral strategy and encourages creating a more environmentally friendly packaging system (Meereboer et al., 2020).”