Biodegradability of polylactide bottles in real and simulated composting conditions

By Gaurav Kale, R. Auras, Sheritha Singh, R. Narayan. 2007

396 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Biomaterials, Pollution

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/eb4a98136c00a76075b9201863cc5f547c70c5cf

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In Automotive Engineering

1. A. Ribes‐Greus
2. J. D. Badia
3. D. Komilis
4. G. Gorrasi
5. Aimilia Karageorgiou
6. H. Yang
7. K. Hamad
8. S. Karlsson

In Biomaterials

1. J. D. Badia
2. A. Ribes‐Greus
3. G. Gorrasi
4. D. Komilis
5. Aimilia Karageorgiou
6. H. Yang
7. N. Nair
8. K. Hamad

In Pollution

1. G. Gorrasi
2. J. D. Badia
3. A. Ribes‐Greus
4. D. Komilis
5. Aimilia Karageorgiou
6. H. Yang
7. N. Nair
8. K. Hamad

Citations in the corpus

• Mechanical recycling of polylactide, upgrading trends and combination of valorization techniques (2016, background): “However, PLA and their composites with natural fibers[48] are specially appointed to be compostable, since the temperatures in composting piles are over its glass transition and therefore eases its disintegration[147]–[150].”
• An overview of the recent developments in polylactide (PLA) research. (2010, methodology): “Kale et al. (2007), investigated the biodegradation performance of polylactide (PLA) bottles under simulated composting conditions according to ASTM and ISO standards, and these results are compared with a novel method of evaluating package biodegradation in real composting conditions.”
• Characterization of hydrolytic degradation of polylactic acid/rice hulls composites in water at different temperatures (2011, background): “[17] ascribed a similar change during their study on composting of commercial PLA products to the cross-linking or recombination reactions.”
• Biodegradation of Wasted Bioplastics in Natural and Industrial Environments: A Review (2020, background): “2 m above ground and 1 m inside the compost pile Produced CO2 84 58 [155]”
• Properties and medical applications of polylactic acid: A review (2015, background): “Kale and coworkers [64, 65] reported the biodegradation performance PLA bottles in real composting conditions (~58°C and ~60% relative humidity (RH)) by measuring the variations in the molecular weight of the degraded polymer with the time.”