The development and recycling of biomass production can partly solve issues of energy,
climate change, population growth, food and feed shortages, and environmental pollution …

Background Recently, there has been an immense interest in seaweed-based biopolymers
and their applications in food packaging. Amongst various alternatives, agar is a red …

Recently, algal biorefinery concepts have been gaining a lot of attention. The rapidly
evolving algae mediated bioeconomy places an increased emphasis on characterizing and …

In response to escalating environmental challenges posed by the overexploitation of non-
renewable resources, this article critically explores the transformative potential of seaweed …

The need to replace renewable polymers such as marine-based resources with non-
biodegradable, plastic polymers has increased due to environmental issues. Carrageenan …

The manufacturing and consumption of plastic products have steadily increased over the
past decades due to rising global demand, resulting not only in the depletion of petroleum …

Food packaging solutions need to be redesigned to be more sustainable, but determining
which solution is 'more optimal'is a very difficult task when considering the entire food …

The growing potential of sustainable materials such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs),
polylactic acid (PLA), alginate, carrageenan, and ulvan for bioplastics production presents …

In this comprehensive review, we delve into the challenges hindering the large-scale
production of microalgae-based bioplastics, primarily focusing on economic feasibility and …

Macroalgae are invaluable constituents of marine forest environments and important
sources of material for human needs. However, they are currently at risk of severe decline …