Environmental issues urge for the substitution of petrochemical-based raw materials with
more environmentally friendly sources. The biggest advantages of PLA over non …

The environmental impact associated with fossil fuel-based polymers has paved the way to
explore biopolymer-based plastics, their properties, and their applications. Bioplastics are …

The production and utilization of plastics may prove beneficial, but the environmental impact
suggests the opposite. The single-use plastics (SUP) and conventional plastics are harmful …

The massive use of petrochemical plastics has become a real problem for health and the
environment. This problem is related to the non-biodegradable character of a great majority …

The largest and oldest agricultural industry at present is facing multifold problems. There are
expectations of the ever-increasing food and grains stipulate due to the rising universal …

Annually, 400 Mt of plastics are produced of which roughly 40% is discarded within a year.
Current plastic waste management approaches focus on applying physical, thermal, and …

The widespread use of commercial polymers composed of a mixture of polylactic acid and
polyethene terephthalate (PLA-PET) in bottles and other packaging materials has caused a …

Agricultural wastes and leaves, which are classified as lignocellulosic biomass, have been
used as substrates in the production of fungal foams due to the significant growth of the …

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 …

Plastics have become an ever-increasing environmental pollution problem since high
amounts of them are dumped every year into the environment. To remediate this problem …