Single-use plastic packaging has become an inevitable part of every aspect of human life. In
fact, the increase in the consumption of petroleum-based single-use plastics has resulted in …

A significantly growing interest is to design new biodegradable polymers in order to solve
fossil resources and environmental pollution problems associated with conventional …

Heteroatom-doped carbon dot (CD)-reinforced flexible, antioxidant, and UV-resistant
polymeric thin films have been fabricated by a facile physical compounding strategy …

In the more than 100 years since the invention of plastics, various plastic polymers have
been developed that exhibit different characteristics and have been widely used in …

Polylactic acid (PLA), one of the well-known biodegradable polyesters, has been studied
extensively for tissue engineering and drug delivery systems, and it was also used widely in …

Growing concern regarding non-biodegradable plastics and the impact of these materials on
the environment has promoted interest in biodegradable plastics. The intensification of …

Polylactic acid (PLA) and thermoplastic starch (TPS) are biodegradable polymers of
biological origin, and the mixture of these polymers has been studied due to the desirable …

Biopolymers are very favorable materials produced by living organisms, with interesting
properties such as biodegradability, renewability, and biocompatibility. Biopolymers have …

Protected cultivation in modern agriculture relies extensively on plastic-originated mulch
films, nets, packaging, piping, silage, and various applications. Polyolefins synthesized from …

Plastic (polyethylene) pollution is a severe cause of deterioration of a healthy environment.
For example, ingestion of plastics in the animal gut, clogging of water canals and retarded …