Up-cycling of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) to the biodegradable plastic PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 7696-7701

  Kenny, Shane T ^a   Runic, Jasmina Nikodinovic ^a   Kaminsky, Walter ^b   Woods, Trevor ^c   Babu, Ramesh P ^c   Keely, Chris M ^c   Blau, Werner ^c   O'Connor, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BEVERAGES; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MONOMERS; PETROCHEMICALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STRAIN; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; BOTTLES; LIQUIDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

16S RDNA; BACTERIAL PRODUCTIONS; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; CRYSTALLINITY; ENERGY RECOVERIES; GASEOUS FRACTIONS; GROWTH MEDIUMS; MAXIMAL RATES; MELTING ENDOTHERMS; PET BOTTLES; PETROCHEMICAL POLYMERS; PHA POLYMERS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE; PROCESSING PLANTS; SOLID FRACTIONS; TEREPHTHALIC ACIDS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA; TEREPHTHALIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; ORGANIC ACID; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADABILITY; CARBON SOURCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY; ENERGY RECOVERY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FREDERIKSBERGENSIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

16S RDNA; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; CRYSTALLINITIES; ENERGY RECOVERY; GASEOUS FRACTION; GROWTH MEDIUM; MAXIMAL RATES; MEDIUM-CHAIN LENGTH PHA; PET BOTTLES; PETROCHEMICAL POLYMERS; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PROCESSING PLANTS; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON; SOLID FRACTION; TEREPHTHALIC ACIDS;

EID: 54349093503     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801010e     Document Type: Article

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