Biodegradable plastics: A review

✍ Scribed by Jan-Chan Huang; Aditya S. Shetty; Ming-Song Wang

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 802 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0730-6679
• DOI: 10.1002/adv.1990.060100103

✦ Synopsis

In this paper, the approach of biodegradation to reduce the environmental impact of plustic wastes is reviewed. The mechanism of biodegradation and the processing and applications of these materials are also discussed in relation to the structural characters of their molecules. The synthetic biodegradable materials such as starch based biodegradable materials are compared with naturdy occumhg biodegmdable materials such as poly(hydr0xy butyrate) (PHB) in terms of their applications, processing difJic u b , and degradation mechanism.

The future trends of these materials are anticipated.