Biowaste management is a challenging job as it is high in nutrient content and its disposal in
open may cause a serious environmental and health risk. Traditional technologies such as …

Petrochemical-based synthetic plastics poses a threat to humans, wildlife, marine life and
the environment. Given the magnitude of eventual depletion of petrochemical sources and …

Bioplastics replace synthetic plastics of petrochemical origin, which contributes challenge to
both polymer quality and economics. Novel polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)-composite …

Global increase in demand for food supply has resulted in surplus generation of wastes.
What was once considered wastes, has now become a resource. Studies were carried out …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are emerging as one of the important alternates to synthetic
plastics. PHAs are immensely known for their biodegradability, biocompatibility, and …

Background Bio-plastics are eco-friendly biopolymer finding tremendous application in food
and pharmaceutical industries. Biodegradable polymer-based plastic such as PHAs …

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 …

Downstream processing for recovery of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters
from biomass constitutes an integral part of the entire PHA production chain; beside the …

Agricultural wastes are considered residues resulted from the agricultural production and
after harvesting fruit and vegetable and their processing, agro-industrial by/co-products from …

Plastic pollution and food waste are two global issues with much in common. Plastic
containers were introduced as a practical and easy remedy to improve food preservation …