Bioplastics for Sustainability: Manufacture, Technologies, and Environment offers an innovative approach to bioplastics, integrating state-of-the-art materials and technologies with detailed analysis of lifecycle, recycling, circularity, and environmental impact of bioplastics, and enabling circular utilization and successful scale-up of bioplastics. The book begins by introducing the fundamentals of bioplastics – including biodegradable, compostable, and oxodegradable materials – and discusses the various factors involved in encouraging commercial uptake of these materials. The second part of the book highlights cutting-edge approaches to the production of bioplastics, covering novel sources such as microalgae and organic waste, and solutions for industrial scale manufacturing. Other sections cover the environmental impact of bioplastics and routes to environmentally-friendly usage, and more. This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students across polymer science, sustainable materials, plastics engineering, materials science, chemistry, environmental science, and engineering. In an industrial setting, this book supports engineers, scientists, and R&D professionals with an interest in sustainable manufacture and application of bioplastics, across a range of products, parts, and industries.
1. Part I: Introduction to biodegradable, compostable, and oxodegradable bioplastics - p. xxiv 2. 1. Sustainable bioplastics based on food waste - p. 3 3. Part II: Manufacture of bioplastics - p. 17 4. 2. Development of bioplastics from a microalgae consortium from wastewater - p. 23 5. 3. Bioplastic for a clean environment - p. 47 6. 4. Other novel materials to manufacture bioplastics - p. 77 7. Part III: Technologies & standards for bioplastics - p. 100 8. 5. Unintended use of bioplastic: carbon, land, and water footprints - p. 113 9. 6. Aerobic and anaerobic degradation of bioplastics - p. 127 10. 7. Standards issues toward bioplastics - p. 143 11. 8. Closing the loop: industrial bioplastics composting - p. 161 12. 9. Chemical recycling of bioplastics - p. 191 13. 10. Impact of bioplastic on the recycling of conventional plastics - p. 209 14. 11. Indexes to assess their biodegradation - p. 255 15. Part IV: Economics of bioplastics - p. 266 16. 12. Economics and commercialization of bioplastics - p. 271 17. Part V: Bioplastics in environment - p. 302 18. 13. Bioplastics for clean environment - p. 313 19. 14. Life cycle analyses and carbon footprint of bioplastics - p. 355 20. 15. Microplastics generated from bioplastics—a far-reaching review - p. 371 21. 16. Bioplastics in marine environment – the insightful road to scientific wisdom - p. 387 22. 17. The environmental sustainability of biowaste in bioplastic production - p. 407 23. Index - p. 429
Bioplastics for Sustainability: Manufacture, Technologies, and Environment offers an innovative approach to bioplastics, integrating state-of-the-art materials and technologies with detailed analysis of lifecycle, recycling, circularity, and environmental impact of bioplastics, and enabling circular utilization and successful scale-up of bioplastics. The book begins by introducing the fundamentals of bioplastics – including biodegradable, compostable, and oxodegradable materials – and discusses the various factors involved in encouraging commercial uptake of these materials. The second part of the book highlights cutting-edge approaches to the production of bioplastics, covering novel sources such as microalgae and organic waste, and solutions for industrial scale manufacturing. Other sections cover the environmental impact of bioplastics and routes to environmentally-friendly usage, and more. This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students across polymer science, sustainable materials, plastics engineering, materials science, chemistry, environmental science, and engineering. In an industrial setting, this book supports engineers, scientists, and R&D professionals with an interest in sustainable manufacture and application of bioplastics, across a range of products, parts, and industries.
1. Part I: Introduction to biodegradable, compostable, and oxodegradable bioplastics - p. xxiv 2. 1. Sustainable bioplastics based on food waste - p. 3 3. Part II: Manufacture of bioplastics - p. 17 4. 2. Development of bioplastics from a microalgae consortium from wastewater - p. 23 5. 3. Bioplastic for a clean environment - p. 47 6. 4. Other novel materials to manufacture bioplastics - p. 77 7. Part III: Technologies & standards for bioplastics - p. 100 8. 5. Unintended use of bioplastic: carbon, land, and water footprints - p. 113 9. 6. Aerobic and anaerobic degradation of bioplastics - p. 127 10. 7. Standards issues toward bioplastics - p. 143 11. 8. Closing the loop: industrial bioplastics composting - p. 161 12. 9. Chemical recycling of bioplastics - p. 191 13. 10. Impact of bioplastic on the recycling of conventional plastics - p. 209 14. 11. Indexes to assess their biodegradation - p. 255 15. Part IV: Economics of bioplastics - p. 266 16. 12. Economics and commercialization of bioplastics - p. 271 17. Part V: Bioplastics in environment - p. 302 18. 13. Bioplastics for clean environment - p. 313 19. 14. Life cycle analyses and carbon footprint of bioplastics - p. 355 20. 15. Microplastics generated from bioplastics—a far-reaching review - p. 371 21. 16. Bioplastics in marine environment – the insightful road to scientific wisdom - p. 387 22. 17. The environmental sustainability of biowaste in bioplastic production - p. 407 23. Index - p. 429
