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Plastic waste as a global challenge: are biodegradable plastics the answer to the plastic waste problem?
- Source :
- Microbiology. 165:129-137
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Microbiology Society, 2019.
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Abstract
- The strength, flexibility and light weight of traditional oil-derived plastics make them ideal materials for a large number of applications, including packaging, medical devices, building, transportation, etc. However, the majority of produced plastics are single-use plastics, which, coupled with a throw-away culture, leads to the accumulation of plastic waste and pollution, as well as the loss of a valuable resource. In this review we discuss the advances and possibilities in the biotransformation and biodegradation of oil-based plastics. We review bio-based and biodegradable polymers and highlight the importance of end-of-life management of biodegradables. Finally, we discuss the role of a circular economy in reducing plastic waste pollution.
- Subjects :
- Pollution
Flexibility (engineering)
0303 health sciences
Engineering
Waste management
Polymers
030306 microbiology
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
Circular economy
Biodegradable Plastics
Biodegradation
Microbiology
Refuse Disposal
12. Responsible consumption
03 medical and health sciences
Biodegradation, Environmental
13. Climate action
Environmental Pollutants
Recycling
Plastic waste
business
030304 developmental biology
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14652080 and 13500872
- Volume :
- 165
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....485fa39b4ddd18f7660dbcb478af3069