Green Plastics: An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics

By M. Murray. 2007

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Biotechnology-a sustainable alternative for chemical industry. (2005, background): “Concern over persistence of petrochemical plastics in the environment is a renewing interest in biologically derived polymers (Kim et al., 2000; Babel and Steinbüchel, 2001; Stevens, 2002).”
Material Driven Design (MDD): A Method to Design for Material Experiences (2015, background): “Likewise, the production of early bio-plastics such as PLA, which was discovered around 1890, took until the 1960’s to take off among packaging industries (Stevens, 2001).”
Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits for long-term soil degradation? (2016, background): “mulches are resistant to hydrolysis and are not readily attacked by microorganisms (Stevens, 2002).”
Bioplastics as Better Alternative to Petroplastics and Their Role in National Sustainability: A Review (2017, background): “PHAs are also used to develop scaffold for tissue engineering [19], and also possess numerous applications in pharmacy and medical science.”