Challenges associated with plastic waste disposal and allied microbial routes for its effective degradation: a comprehensive review

RV Moharir, S Kumar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Recalcitrant nature of plastic is a matter of huge concern, its increasing demand made it
more complicated to handle the issue of plastic waste, and hence new challenges came in …

[HTML][HTML] Polyethylene and biodegradable mulches for agricultural applications: a review

S Kasirajan, M Ngouajio - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2012 - Springer
The use of plastic mulch in agriculture has increased dramatically in the last 10 years
throughout the world. This increase is due to benefits such as increase in soil temperature …

[PDF][PDF] Biodegradation of synthetic and natural plastic by microorganisms

F Alshehrei - Journal of Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 2017 - academia.edu
Plastic disposal is one of the greatest problems facing the environment today, as vast
amounts of synthetic plastic remain non degradable. A number of microorganisms have the …

Biodegradable polymers-a review on recent trends and emerging perspectives

GE Luckachan, CKS Pillai - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2011 - Springer
Recent trends in biodegradable polymers indicate significant developments in terms of
novel design strategies and engineering to provide advanced polymers with comparably …

Biological degradation of plastics: a comprehensive review

AA Shah, F Hasan, A Hameed, S Ahmed - Biotechnology advances, 2008 - Elsevier
Lack of degradability and the closing of landfill sites as well as growing water and land
pollution problems have led to concern about plastics. With the excessive use of plastics and …

Biodegradation of polyurethane: a review

GT Howard - International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2002 - Elsevier
Lack of degradability and the closing of landfill sites as well as growing water and land
pollution problems have led to concern about plastics. Increasingly, raw materials such as …

Closing the carbon loop in the circular plastics economy

CG Schirmeister, R Mülhaupt - Macromolecular rapid …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Today, plastics are ubiquitous in everyday life, problem solvers of modern technologies, and
crucial for sustainable development. Yet the surge in global demand for plastics of the …

Biodegradable plastic agricultural mulches and key features of microbial degradation

M Brodhagen, M Peyron, C Miles, DA Inglis - Applied Microbiology and …, 2015 - Springer
The development of biodegradable plastic mulch films for use in agriculture has been
ongoing for decades. These films consist of mixtures of polymers with various additives. As a …

Biodegradable plastics from renewable sources

M Flieger, M Kantorova, A Prell, T Řezanka… - Folia microbiologica, 2003 - Springer
Plastic waste disposal is a huge ecotechnological problem and one of the approaches to
solving this problem is the development of biodegradable plastics. This review summarizes …

Biochemistry of microbial polyvinyl alcohol degradation

F Kawai, X Hu - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Effect of minor chemical structures such as 1, 2-diol content, ethylene content,
tacticity, a degree of polymerization, and a degree of saponification of the main chain on …