Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Decades of extensive and exponentially growing production and use of conventional
plastics have led to the accumulation of plastic waste in the environment, contributing to the …

Polymers shape human life but they also have been identified as pollutants in the oceans
due to their long lifetime and low degradability. Recently, various researchers have studied …

As plastic marine debris continues to accumulate in the oceans, many important questions
surround this global dilemma. In particular, how many descriptors would be necessary to …

Environmental issues urge for the substitution of petrochemical-based raw materials with
more environmentally friendly sources. The biggest advantages of PLA over non …

To date, the literature has focused on synthetic fibre-reinforced composites, but it has not
adequately addressed the unique properties that differentiate natural from synthetic fibres …

Polylactide (PLA) as one of the excellent representative bioplastics had attracted attention
worldwide. However, high flammability and poor crystallization behavior of PLA limit its …

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have gained widespread applications in many
engineering fields, making it imperative to study long-term performance under service …

Plastic is a ubiquitous material in our life, and its durability represents a great problem for the
environment. Several studies reported the occurrence of plastic litter in different …

Poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)(PBAT) and poly (lactic acid)(PLA) are well-known
biodegadable polyesters due to their outstanding performance. The biodegradation …