Increased awareness of environmental sustainability with associated strict environmental
regulations has incentivized the pursuit of novel materials to replace conventional petroleum …

Excessive utilization of synthetic plastics has led to a major detrimental impact on the
environment. Plastic pollution and accumulation in water bodies have threatened the …

The search for new materials that replace fossil fuel-based plastics has been focused on
biopolymers with similar physicochemical properties to fossil fuel-based plastics, such as …

Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters produced by microorganisms as
intracellular granules under nutrient stress. Due to non-toxic and biodegradable behavior …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have been actively studied in academia and industry for
their properties comparable to petroleum-derived plastics and high biocompatibility …

Highlights•Utilization of low-cost biomass feedstock for the high production of biopolymer.•
Application of industrial by-product for reducing the biopolymer production costs.•Carbon …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters which, apart from their primary
storage role, enhance the stress robustness of PHA accumulating cells against various …

Since the last two decades, the use of synthetic materials has increased and become more
frequent in this capitalist system. Polymers used as raw materials are usually disposed very …

Bio-plastics are eco-friendly biopolymers finding tremendous application in the food and
pharmaceutical industries. Bio-plastics have suitable physicochemical, mechanical …

The treatment of epichlorohydrin (ECH) wastewater exists chances for achieving cleaner
production. This study initially employed moderately halophilic aerobic granular sludge …