Microplastic is a fragmented plastic part that emerges as a potential marine and terrestrial
contaminant. The microplastic wastes in marine and soil environments cause severe …

The useful applications of plastics are as significant as the problems associated with their
disposal. Current waste management strategies are ineffective at preventing the flow of …

Background Recycling the ever-increasing plastic waste has become an urgent global
concern. One of the most convenient methods for plastic recycling is pyrolysis, owing to its …

In the era of sustainable development, the use of cell factories to produce various
compounds by fermentation has attracted extensive attention; however, industrial …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biological polyesters, viewed as a replacement for
petrochemical plastic. However, they suffer from suboptimal physical and mechanical …

Waste plastic such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) can be seen everywhere and has
become one of the largest sources of household waste. PET is difficult to be degraded …

Highlights•Models of microbial/microalgal systems facilitate their commercial
establishment.•The physiological state of the cells should be accounted for during scale …

Since we rely entirely on plastics or their products in our daily lives, plastics are the invention
of the hour. Polyester plastics, such as Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), are among the …

In the scope of a broader study about wine acetification, previous works concluded that
using a single bioreactor hindered simultaneously reaching high productivities with high …

Plastics have been used in almost every household appliance and various industrial
applications for more than one hundred years. Plastic is among the most used materials in …