[HTML][HTML] Sustainability of biodegradable plastics: New problem or solution to solve the global plastic pollution?

TD Moshood, G Nawanir, F Mahmud… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic usage is increasing the number of pollutants in the environment. Plastic particles and
other plastic-based pollutants are found in our environment and food chain, posing a threat …

Advances in production of bioplastics by microalgae using food waste hydrolysate and wastewater: a review

JWR Chong, KS Khoo, GY Yew, WH Leong… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae have emerged as an effective dual strategy for bio-valorisation of food
processing wastewater and food waste hydrolysate which favours microalgae cultivation into …

Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review

AM Elgarahy, MG Eloffy, A Alengebawy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) contains many nutritional components such as proteins, lipids, fats,
polysaccharides, carbohydrates, and metal ions, which can be reused in some processes to …

Plasma gasification versus incineration of plastic waste: Energy, economic and environmental analysis

D Cudjoe, H Wang - Fuel Processing Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The rise in plastic waste production and its mismanagement poses huge environmental
issues. Thermochemical techniques can minimize the amount of plastic waste discarded in …

Global market and economic analysis of microalgae technology: Status and perspectives

PL Show - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae have been a promising alternative source of high-value compounds to replace
the non-sustainable fossil fuels resource. The recent research development of algae-based …

[HTML][HTML] Bioplastic (PHBV) addition to soil alters microbial community structure and negatively affects plant-microbial metabolic functioning in maize

RW Brown, DR Chadwick, H Zang, M Graf, X Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic contamination poses a significant threat to agroecosystem functioning,
provoking a move away from the use of conventional oil-based plastics in agriculture, to …

Microalgae-based bioplastics: future solution towards mitigation of plastic wastes

JWR Chong, X Tan, KS Khoo, HS Ng… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global demand for plastic materials has severely harm the environment and marine sea life.
Therefore, bioplastics have emerged as an environmentally friendly alternative due to …

Trends in digital image processing of isolated microalgae by incorporating classification algorithm

JWR Chong, KS Khoo, KW Chew, HY Ting… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identification of microalgae species is of importance due to the uprising of harmful algae
blooms affecting both the aquatic habitat and human health. Despite this occurence …

Insect biorefinery: A circular economy concept for biowaste conversion to value-added products

PE Kee, YS Cheng, JS Chang, HS Yim, JCY Tan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
With rapid growing world population and increasing demand for natural resources, the
production of sufficient food, feed for protein and fat sources and sustainable energy …

Cultivation of microalgae on food waste: Recent advances and way forward

Y Kumar, S Kaur, A Kheto, M Munshi, A Sarkar… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae are photosynthetic microbes that can synthesize compounds of therapeutic
potential with wide applications in the food, bioprocessing and pharmaceutical sector …