Exploring the hidden environmental pollution of microplastics derived from bioplastics: A review

U Piyathilake, C Lin, N Bolan, J Bundschuh, J Rinklebe… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioplastics might be an ecofriendly alternative to traditional plastics. However, recent studies
have emphasized that even bioplastics can end up becoming micro-and nano-plastics due …

Biohydrogen production kinetics from cacao pod husk hydrolysate in dark fermentations: Effect of pretreatment, substrate concentration, and inoculum

JA Kriswantoro, CY Chu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to explore the impact of pretreatment on cacao pod husk (CPH) and
investigate the kinetics of biohydrogen production in a dark fermentation (DF) batch reactor …

Promoting effects of bioplastics and sludge anaerobic co-fermentation for carboxylates production with pH regulation: Insights into the plastic structure, microbial …

S Fang, Y Li, F Wang, Z Wei, S Cheng, X Liu… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biodegradable plastics (BPs) are presenting new challenges for their reutilization. This work
found that volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production by co-fermentation of BPs with waste …

An immobilized mixed microflora approach to enhancing hydrogen and methane productions from high-strength organic loading food waste hydrolysate in series …

P Pomdaeng, O Kongthong, CH Tseng… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The immobilized cells technology was used for enhancing the two stages batch bioreactors
in series from high-strength food waste hydrolysate. Carrageenan and gelatin were used as …

Challenges and opportunities in managing biodegradable plastic waste: A review

N Mhaddolkar, TF Astrup… - Waste Management …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Biodegradable plastics have certain challenges in a waste management perspective. The
existing literature reviews fail to provide a consolidated overview of different process steps of …

Effects of particle size on the pretreatment efficiency and subsequent biogas potential of polylactic acid

AA Joolaei, M Makian, O Prakash, S Im, S Kang… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fragmentation of bioplastics (BPs) before pretreatment and anaerobic digestion is
conducted for higher efficiency; however, based on the literature, the size reduction varies …

Alkali, thermal, or thermo-alkali pre-treatment to improve the anaerobic digestion of poly (lactic acid)?

C Vasmara, G Cazaudehore, E Ceotto, R Marchetti… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Replacing petroleum-based plastics with biodegradable polymers is a major challenge for
modern society especially for food packaging applications. To date, poly (lactic acid) …

Case study: enhancing methane production and polylactic acid decomposition in mesophilic anaerobic digestion system with hydrogen enrichment

ES Lee, SY Park, CG Kim - Journal of Material Cycles and Waste …, 2024 - Springer
Anaerobic digestion under hydrogen (H2)/carbon dioxide (CO2)-versus nitrogen (N2)-
purged conditions was examined for the potential for biogas enhancement in the presence …

Co-digestion approach for enhancement of biogas production by mixture of untreated napier grass and industrial hydrolyzed food waste

JA Kriswantoro, KY Pan, CY Chu - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The co-digestion of untreated Napier grass (NG) and industrial hydrolyzed food waste (FW)
was carried out in the batch reactor to investigate the effect of substrate ratios on biogas …

Fermentative Methane Production and Microbial Community Analysis Using Deer Manure from Formosan Sambar Deer Farming Area for Velvet Antler Harvesting

JA Kriswantoro, CH Tseng, CY Chu - Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2024 - Springer
Velvet antler of the Formosan sambar Querydeer (Cervus unicolor swinhoei), an indigenous
subspecies of deer found in the Taiwan region, has become a promising commodity for use …