Potential of the Biodegradability and Characteristics of Bioplastic From Microalgae Residues

Challenges and opportunities of bioplastics produced from algae

“…Addition of glycerol (15-30%) increased the flexibility of the plastic, adding 30% glycerol produced high flexibility bioplastic bags compared to the commercial plastic bags (Gozan and Noviasari, 2018). Generally, the difference in the compounds blended with the algae affected various product properties (Wang, 2014;Torres et al, 2015;Monshupanee et al, 2016;Zhu et al, 2017). The most microalgal studies to produce bioplastics are performed on Chlorella and Spirulina but some researchers examined the ability of other microalgal species in bioplastic production as shown in Table (3).…”

“…Also, HRAP is an amazing source for the synthesis of bioplastic (Stevens, 2002). Wang (2014) tested the polymer performance produced by Spirulina biomass using plasticization, blending and compatibilization. Biopolymers could be obtained by three approaches; direct extraction, renewable raw materials and microorganisms either naturally or modified genetically.…”