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Title Bioplastics for sustainability : manufacture, technologies, and environment
Published AMSTERDAM : Elsevier, 2024

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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
Subject Biodegradable plastics.
Plastics -- Biodegradation.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0323952003
9780323952002