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T1 Biodegradation of bioplastics under aerobic and anaerobic aqueous conditions: Kinetics, carbon fate and particle size effect
A1 García Depraect, Octavio
A1 Lebrero Fernández, Raquel
A1 Rodriguez Vega, Sara
A1 Bordel Velasco, Sergio
A1 Santos Beneit, Fernando
A1 Martínez Mendoza, Leonardo José
A1 Börner, Rosa Aragão
A1 Börner, Tim
A1 Muñoz Torre, Raúl
K1 Aerobic biodegradation
K1 Biodegradación aerobia
K1 Bioplastics
K1 Bioplásticos
K1 Circular economy
K1 Economía circular
K1 Organic recycling
K1 Reciclaje orgánico
AB The biodegradation of PHB, PHBV, PBS, PBAT, PCL, PLA, and a PLA-PCL blend was systematically compared under aerobic and anaerobic aqueous conditions assessing biodegradation kinetics, extent, carbon fate and particle size influence (in the range of 100–1000 µm). Under standard test conditions, PHB and PBHV were biodegraded anaerobically (83.9±1.3% and 81.2±1.7%, respectively) in 77 days or aerobically (83.0±1.6% and 87.4±7.5%) in 117 days, while PCL was only biodegraded (77.6±2.4%) aerobically in 177 days. Apparent biomass growth accounted for up to 30.5% of the total initial carbon depending on the bioplastic and environment. Maximum aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation rates were improved up to 331 and 405%, respectively, at the lowest particle size tested (100–250 µm). This study highlights the usefulness of a more detailed analysis of biodegradation kinetics and carbon fate to improve both the development and testing of biodegradable materials/products in the context of a circular bioeconomy.
PB Elsevier
SN 0960-8524
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49952
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49952
LA eng
NO Bioresource Technology, 2021, vol. 344, part B, 126265
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-abr-2024