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Polymer Biodegradation and Polymeric Biomass Valorization
Summary
This book chapter covers current research on the biodegradation of synthetic and natural polymer waste, including new biotechnology methods for converting plastic materials into useful products. Accelerating biodegradation of plastic waste is one approach to preventing its accumulation and fragmentation into environmental microplastics.
"Polymer Biodegradation and Polymeric Biomass Valorization" is devoted to the current trends in research on the biodegradation of waste polymer materials, both of natural (cellulose and chitin) and artificial origins. New methods of management and valorization in accordance with the hierarchy of the waste pyramid by means of new methods and technologies, as well as the development of new bioremediation techniques, are also of interest to this reprint. In addition, recycling, recovery, and ways to produce and research new environmentally friendly polymeric materials are at the center of interest.
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