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Novel Biodegradable Potato Starch-based Compositions as Candidates in Packaging Industry, Safe for Marine Environment
Abstract
About 70 % of our planet’s surface is covered by seas and oceans to which even 10 million tons of waste go every year. It makes these places the largest global landfills, containing up to 90 % of plastic waste. In this article we present the results of research on novel starch-based compositions expected to be more safe for the marine environment. For these purpose biopolymers such as, thermoplastic starch (TPS), polylactide (PLA) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) were reactive extruded and formed into films by high-pressure compressing. Their physical, thermal and mechanical properties were examined. Compositions were tested in seawater collected from the Gulf of Gdansk Baltic Sea. The obtained samples were completely disintegrated after 3 weeks. BOD test in the presence of bacteria pseudomonas augerinosa confirmed biodegradation of prepared compositions. The impact assessment of received materials on the marine environment was also evaluated by degradation tests in the presence of Phaeodactylum tricornutum diatom. Cells growth of Phaeodactylum tricornutum diatoms was only slightly inhibited in the presence of TPS/PLA/PVA compositions.
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Alicja Kosakowska prof. dr hab.
- Instytut Oceanologii PAN Pracownia Biochemii Morza
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- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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FIBERS AND POLYMERS
no. 19,
edition 6,
pages 1166 - 1174,
ISSN: 1229-9197 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Bibliographic description:
- Janik H., Sienkiewicz M., Przybytek A., Guzman - Sielicka A., Kucińska-Lipka J., Kosakowska A.: Novel Biodegradable Potato Starch-based Compositions as Candidates in Packaging Industry, Safe for Marine Environment// FIBERS AND POLYMERS. -Vol. 19, iss. 6 (2018), s.1166-1174
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s12221-018-7872-1
- Sources of funding:
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- Część badań została sfinansowana przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w ramach projektu numer NE 305366938 i NN 305230635.
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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