Benchmarking Bioplastics: A Natural Step Towards a Sustainable Future

Bhagwat, Geetika; Gray, Kelsey Farson; Wilson, Scott P.; Muniyasamy, Sudhakar; Vincent, Salom Gnana Thanga; Bush, Richard T; Thavamani, Palanisami

doi:10.1007/s10924-020-01830-8

Cited by 83 publications

(55 citation statements)

References 64 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…As a matter of fact, the employment of fruits and vegetables waste as reinforcement of non-biodegradable polymers in drop-ins significantly increases the energy demand and CO 2 emission compared to biodegradable bioplastics [ 145 ].…”

Section: Environmental Impacts Of Agro-food Waste Based Bioplasticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Natural Polymeric Materials: A Solution to Plastic Pollution from the Agro-Food Sector

Pascale²,

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Conventional petroleum-derived plastics represent a serious problem for global pollution because, when discarded in the environment, are believed to remain for hundreds of years. In order to reduce dependence on fossil resources, bioplastic materials are being proposed as safer alternatives. Bioplastics are bio-based and/or biodegradable materials, typically derived from renewable sources. Food waste as feedstock represents one of the recent applications in the research field of bioplastics production. To date, several food wastes have been used as raw materials for the production of bioplastics, including mostly fruit and vegetable wastes. The conversion of fruit and vegetable wastes into biomaterials could occur through simple or more complex processes. In some cases, biopolymers extracted from raw biomass are directly manufactured; on the other hand, the extracted biopolymers could be reinforced or used as reinforcing agents and/or natural fillers in order to obtain biocomposites. The present review covers available results on the application of methods used in the last 10 years for the design of biomaterials obtained from formulations made up with both fruits and vegetables by-products. Particular attention will be addressed to the waste pre-treatment, to the bioplastic formulation and to its processing, as well as to the mechanical and physical properties of the obtained materials.

show abstract

Section: Environmental Impacts Of Agro-food Waste Based Bioplasticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Natural Polymeric Materials: A Solution to Plastic Pollution from the Agro-Food Sector

Pascale²,

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Additionally, as these new materials tend to attract attention from a greater proportion of health and environmentally conscious consumers, BB-P/BD-P seem to be held to a higher standard, which creates superior expectations and thus intensifies concerns over safety [10]. Related to this, concerns regarding the multifarious nature of the mechanisms used to govern BB-P/BD-P have been highlighted [11]. It is argued that policies surrounding BB-P/BD-P, in their current state, are neither stringent enough nor enforceable [11].…”

Section: Concerns From the Academic Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, to date, the uptake of BB-P/BD-P products has been largely limited to packaging, healthcare, and agricultural applications [10]. In some cases, the use (and promotion) of BB-P/BD-P has been accused of 'green-washing' [11,12]. 'Green washing' refers to actions taken by companies that inaccurately convey superior characteristics of sustainability through misleading claims (e.g., "eco-friendly"), symbols (e.g., use of leaf imagery), or color (e.g., use of green) [12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing Stakeholder Concerns Regarding the Effective Use of Bio-Based and Biodegradable Plastics

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Bio-based and biodegradable materials have the potential to replace traditional petroleum-based plastics across a range of products and contribute to a more circular economy. However, the uptake of these materials will not succeed unless consumers, manufacturers, and regulators are convinced of their efficacy. Investigating performance and safety concerns put forward by academic and non-academic communities, this paper assesses whether these concerns are being adequately addressed by current policy and regulation. In addition, measures to overcome significant concerns are developed through a series of stakeholder engagement events, informed by the Prospex-CQI-and STIR methodology. Discussions across the stakeholder engagement events have highlighted several concerns that create barriers to market up-take of bio-based and biodegradable plastic products, including the continued confusion regarding terminology and resultant communication, difficulties in navigating the plethora of documents related to safety, the appropriateness of safety documents when applied to new products, and the overall suitability and sustainability of such materials as an alternative to traditional plastics. To overcome these concerns, a series of recommendations for research, policy, and practice are made with respect to the following key areas of concern: regulation and legislative instruments, material quality and performance, market penetration and availability, waste management infrastructure, sourcing and supply chain, communication and information provision, and material health and safety.

show abstract

“…This criterion is important in such accumulation of large volumes of the used COVID-19 diagnostic tests, which are not environmentally friendly (i.e., the environmental requirements have not been met in their design and fabrication), as they can lead to health and environmental hazards especially in resource-limited settings. We believe that cellulose-based materials and bioplastics are an excellent choice to fabricate REASSURED devices (Golmohammadi et al, 2017;Bhagwat et al, 2020).…”

Section: Toward Smart Diagnostics Of Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Smart Diagnostics in a Pandemic Scenario: COVID-19

Hosseinifard

Naghdi

Morales‐Narváez

et al. 2021

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The incredible spread rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has shocked the world. More than ever before, this dramatic scenario proved the significance of diagnostics as a cornerstone to make life-saving decisions. In this context, novel diagnostics that generates smart data leading to superior strategies for treatment, control, surveillance, prediction, prevention, and management of pandemic diseases is vital. Herein, we discuss the characteristics that should be met by COVID-19 diagnostics to become smart diagnostics enabled by industry 4.0 especially Internet of Things (IoT). The challenges ahead and our recommendations for moving faster from pure diagnostics toward smart diagnostics of COVID-19 and other possible epidemic/pandemic diseases are also outlined. An IoT-Fog-Cloud model based on smartphones as IoT gateways for smart diagnostics with unified strategies for data collection/transmission/interpretation is also proposed to integrate new digital technologies into a single platform for smarter decisions. Last but not least, we believe that “smart diagnostics” is a perspective that should be realized sooner before we encounter a pandemic far worse than the present one.

show abstract

Benchmarking Bioplastics: A Natural Step Towards a Sustainable Future

Cited by 83 publications

References 64 publications

Natural Polymeric Materials: A Solution to Plastic Pollution from the Agro-Food Sector

Natural Polymeric Materials: A Solution to Plastic Pollution from the Agro-Food Sector

Addressing Stakeholder Concerns Regarding the Effective Use of Bio-Based and Biodegradable Plastics

Toward Smart Diagnostics in a Pandemic Scenario: COVID-19

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About