Deterioration of bioplastic carrier bags in the environment and assessment of a new recycling alternative

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-143

  Accinelli, Cesare ^a   Saccà, Maria Ludovica ^a   Mencarelli, Mariangela ^a   Vicari, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological recycling; Biopolymers; Lactic acid; Marine litter; Rhizopus oryzae; Shopping bags

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; DETERIORATION; ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LACTIC ACID; PLASTIC RECYCLING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIOLOGICAL RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MARINE LITTER; MICROBIAL ISOLATES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SHOPPING BAGS;

COMPOSTING;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOPLAST; LACTIC ACID; PLASTIC; SEA WATER; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGUS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SOIL REMEDIATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOPLASTIC CARRIER BAG; CARBON SOURCE; COMPOST; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; LABORATORY TEST; LITTORAL; MARSH; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FUNGI; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 84863843954     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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