Overview and challenges of large-scale cultivation of photosynthetic microalgae and cyanobacteria

L Novoveská, SL Nielsen, OT Eroldoğan… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are diverse groups of organisms with great potential to
benefit societies across the world. These organisms are currently used in food, feed …

Catalysis as an enabling science for sustainable polymers

X Zhang, M Fevre, GO Jones, RM Waymouth - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The replacement of current petroleum-based plastics with sustainable alternatives is a
crucial but formidable challenge for the modern society. Catalysis presents an enabling tool …

Recent advances and challenges towards sustainable polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production

C Kourmentza, J Plácido, N Venetsaneas… - Bioengineering, 2017 - mdpi.com
Sustainable biofuels, biomaterials, and fine chemicals production is a critical matter that
research teams around the globe are focusing on nowadays. Polyhydroxyalkanoates …

Biopolymer poly-hydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production from apple industrial waste residues: A review

H Liu, V Kumar, L Jia, S Sarsaiya, D Kumar, A Juneja… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Apple pomace, the residue which is left out after processing of apple serves as a potential
carbon source for the production of biopolymer, PHA (poly-hydroxyalkanoates). It is rich in …

Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates: Opportunities, challenges, and prospects

M Kumar, R Rathour, R Singh, Y Sun, A Pandey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Excessive utilization of synthetic plastics has led to a major detrimental impact on the
environment. Plastic pollution and accumulation in water bodies have threatened the …

Poly (hydroxyalkanoates): Production, applications and end-of-life strategies–life cycle assessment nexus

JK Muiruri, JCC Yeo, Q Zhu, E Ye… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The runaway production and consumption of oil-based plastics are key drivers of global
warming and the increased carbon footprint. Besides, most of this plastic debris ends up in …

Nitrification and denitrification processes for mitigation of nitrous oxide from waste water treatment plants for biovalorization: Challenges and opportunities

IS Thakur, K Medhi - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a potent greenhouse gas. Even though its emissions is much lesser
than CO 2 but its global warming potential (GWP) is 298 times more than CO 2. N 2 O …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates, the bioplastics of microbial origin: Properties, biochemical synthesis, and their applications

S Behera, M Priyadarshanee, S Das - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising plastic pollution deteriorates the environment significantly as these petroleum-
based plastics are not biodegradable, and their production requires natural fuels (energy …

Integrated systems for biopolymers and bioenergy production from organic waste and by-products: a review of microbial processes

G Pagliano, V Ventorino, A Panico, O Pepe - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2017 - Springer
Recently, issues concerning the sustainable and harmless disposal of organic solid waste
have generated interest in microbial biotechnologies aimed at converting waste materials …

Algal bioplastics: current market trends and technical aspects

N Nanda, N Bharadvaja - Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2022 - Springer
Plastics are undebatably a hot topic of discussion across international forums due to their
huge ecological footprint. The onset of COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue in an …