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Bioplastics for sustainability : manufacture, technologies, and environment.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: AMSTERDAM : Elsevier, 2024.
Subjects:
Biodegradable plastics.
Plastics > Biodegradation.
Matières plastiques biodégradables.
Matières plastiques > Biodégradation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Bioplastics for Sustainability
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • About the editors
  • Preface
  • I. Introduction to biodegradable, compostable, and oxodegradable bioplastics
  • 1 Individual antecedents to consumer intention to switch to food waste bioplastic products: a configuration analysis
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Bioplastic
  • 1.2.1 Types of bioplastics
  • 1.2.1.1 Biodegradable bioplastics
  • 1.2.1.2 Nonbiodegradable bioplastics
  • 1.2.1.3 Biodegradable fossil-based plastics
  • 1.3 Production of bioplastics from biowaste
  • 1.3.1 Types of biological wastes
  • 1.3.1.1 Food waste
  • 1.3.1.1.1 Peel waste
  • 1.3.1.1.2 Seed waste
  • 1.3.1.1.3 Waste cooking oil
  • 1.3.1.1.4 Shells waste
  • 1.3.1.1.5 Biowaste from effluents
  • 1.3.1.1.6 Feather quill
  • 1.3.1.2 Agricultural waste
  • 1.3.1.3 Municipal solid waste and paper waste
  • 1.3.2 Conversion of biowaste to bioplastic
  • 1.3.2.1 Synthesis process
  • 1.4 Factors affecting the consumer's intention to switch to bioplastics
  • 1.4.1 Durability
  • 1.4.2 Cost
  • 1.4.3 Lack of awareness
  • 1.4.4 Perceived value and perceived risk
  • 1.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • II. Manufacture of bioplastics
  • 2 Development of bioplastics from a microalgae consortium from wastewater
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Microalgae consortium from wastewater
  • 2.2.1 Definition and types of microalgae
  • 2.2.2 Wastewater as a source of microalgae consortium
  • 2.2.3 Growth conditions and cultivation of microalgae consortium
  • 2.2.4 Harvesting and biomass recovery
  • 2.3 Lipid extraction from microalgae
  • 2.3.1 Solvent-based methods
  • 2.3.2 Supercritical fluid extraction
  • 2.3.3 Enzyme-assisted extraction
  • 2.3.4 Comparison and optimization of different methods
  • 2.4 Production of biopolymers from microalgal lipids
  • 2.4.1 Transesterification for fatty acid methyl ester production
  • 2.4.2 Lipid hydrolysis and polyhydroxyalkanoates production
  • 2.4.3 Alkaline hydrolysis and polyurethanes production
  • 2.4.4 Other methods and emerging technologies
  • 2.5 Properties and potential applications of microalgal bioplastics
  • 2.5.1 Properties of microalgal bioplastics
  • 2.5.2 Potential applications in packaging, agriculture, and biomedicine
  • 2.6 Environmental and economic benefits of microalgal bioplastics
  • 2.6.1 Environmental impact assessment
  • 2.6.2 Life cycle assessment
  • 2.6.3 Economic feasibility analysis
  • 2.7 Current challenges and future prospects
  • 2.7.1 Technical challenges and limitations
  • 2.7.2 Regulatory and standardization issues
  • 2.7.3 Market and consumer acceptance
  • 2.8 Conclusion and future aspects
  • References
  • 3 Bioplastic for a clean environment
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 What are plastics?
  • 3.2.1 Why are plastics nonbiodegradable?
  • 3.2.2 How to abolish plastic?
  • 3.3 Bioplastics
  • 3.3.1 Types and modulations of bioplastics
  • 3.3.1.1 Types of bioplastics
  • 3.3.1.2 Modulations of bioplastics