Integrated and consolidated review of plastic waste management and bio-based biodegradable plastics: Challenges and opportunities

ZS Mazhandu, E Muzenda, TA Mamvura, M Belaid… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cumulative plastic production worldwide skyrocketed from about 2 million tonnes in 1950 to
8.3 billion tonnes in 2015, with 6.3 billion tonnes (76%) ending up as waste. Of that waste …

Cosmetic packaging to save the environment: Future perspectives

P Cinelli, MB Coltelli, F Signori, P Morganti, A Lazzeri - Cosmetics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Consumer awareness about the damages that plastic packaging waste cause to the
environment, coupled with bio-economy and circular economy policies, are pushing plastic …

Development and characterisation of packaging film from Napier cellulose nanowhisker reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) bionanocomposites

EF Sucinda, MSA Majid, MJM Ridzuan… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
A packaging material that is environment-friendly with excellent mechanical and
physicochemical properties, biodegradable and ultraviolet (UV) protection and thermal …

Poly (lactic acid)(PLA)/poly (butylene succinate-co-adipate)(PBSA) compatibilized binary biobased blends: Melt fluidity, morphological, thermo-mechanical and …

L Aliotta, A Vannozzi, I Canesi, P Cinelli, MB Coltelli… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this work poly (lactic) acid (PLA)/poly (butylene succinate-co-adipate)(PBSA) biobased
binary blends were investigated. PLA/PBSA mixtures with different compositions of PBSA …

Polylactic acid based biocomposite films reinforced with silanized nanocrystalline cellulose

K Jin, Y Tang, X Zhu, Y Zhou - International Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA) and nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) are promising biodegradable
materials that have shown great potential in a wide range of healthcare and packaging …

[HTML][HTML] Biobased PLA/sugarcane bagasse fiber composites: Effect of fiber characteristics and interfacial adhesion on properties

A Bartos, K Nagy, J Anggono, H Purwaningsih… - Composites Part A …, 2021 - Elsevier
PLA/sugarcane bagasse fiber composites were prepared by injection molding from two
fractions of fibers with different fiber characteristics, which were determined before and after …

One-step compatibilization of poly (lactic acid) and tannin via reactive extrusion

J Liao, N Brosse, S Hoppe, G Du, X Zhou, A Pizzi - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
The compatibility issue between poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and tannin is a big challenge for
preparing PLA/tannin biocomposites with enhanced properties. In this work, composites with …

How Do 3D Printing Parameters Affect the Dielectric and Mechanical Performance of Polylactic Acid–Cellulose Acetate Polymer Blends?

M Lecoublet, M Ragoubi, LB Kenfack… - Journal of Composites …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional printing is a prototyping technique that is widely used in various fields,
such as the electrical sector, to produce specific dielectric objects. Our study explores the …

Understanding the basis of medical use of poly-lactide-based resorbable polymers and composites–a review of the clinical and metabolic impact

S Vacaras, M Baciut, O Lucaciu, C Dinu… - Drug metabolism …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This review intended to comparatively explain and present the most important medical use
and biological impact of poly-lactides and lactide-based composites. The utilization and …

Melt processible biodegradable blends of polyethylene glycol plasticized cellulose diacetate with polylactic acid and polybutylene adipate-co-terephthalate

BM Tselana, S Muniyasamy, VO Ojijo… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2023 - Springer
Enhancing the melt processability of cellulose is key to broadening its applications. This is
done via derivatization of cellulose, and subsequent plasticization and/or blending with …