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Degradable Green Polymers, Green Nanopolymers and Green Nanocomposites Derived from Natural Systems: Statistics and Headways

This review summarizes advances in biodegradable green polymers and nanocomposites derived from natural sources, covering their properties, classification, and environmental benefits. Developing genuinely biodegradable alternatives to synthetic plastics is essential for reducing long-term microplastic accumulation in ecosystems.

2023 Nano-Horizons Journal of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies 1 citations
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Green Chemistry Principles In Biopolymer Synthesis

This review synthesises green chemistry strategies applied to biopolymer synthesis — including renewable feedstocks, benign solvents, enzyme catalysis, and energy-efficient processes — evaluating how biopolymers derived from natural or biological sources can serve as sustainable alternatives to conventional fossil-based plastics.

2025 American Journal Of Applied Science And Technology
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Recent Preparations and Innovations in the Biodegradable Bioplastics and Biocomposites (A Review)

This review covered recent advances in biodegradable bioplastics and biocomposites as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, including their preparation methods, properties, and environmental performance. The authors noted that while bioplastics reduce reliance on fossil fuels and potentially decrease microplastic persistence, production costs and performance limitations remain barriers.

2025 Russian Journal of General Chemistry
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Exploring biopolymer degradation: Environmental effects and future insights

This review examines how biopolymers degrade in the environment and evaluates their potential as sustainable alternatives to conventional plastics. While biopolymers offer environmental benefits like reduced pollution, the study notes challenges including slower-than-expected degradation in natural settings, potential microplastic generation, and the need for better standardized testing and supportive policies.

2026 Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials
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Benefits and Drawbacks of Bioplastic as an Alternative of Conventional Plastic towards Sustainable Plastic T

This review examines bioplastics derived from renewable biomass sources (such as corn starch, vegetable oils, and food waste) as sustainable alternatives to conventional petroleum-based plastics, evaluating their benefits and drawbacks across environmental performance, biodegradability, and scalability. The article explores whether bioplastics represent a viable pathway toward more sustainable plastic use given growing concerns over the non-biodegradable nature and resource intensity of conventional plastics.

2024 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRIWORLD
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Green Composites for Maritime Engineering: A Review

This review examines green composite materials made from biodegradable and renewable components as sustainable alternatives for maritime engineering applications, evaluating their mechanical properties, durability in marine environments, and potential to reduce the carbon footprint of marine structures.

2023 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 27 citations
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Biodegradable Polymers: The Future of Sustainable Plastic Alternatives

This review examines biodegradable polymers as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, evaluating their potential to reduce microplastic pollution and ecological degradation. The authors assess the performance, environmental fate, and scalability of current biodegradable materials, identifying key challenges for widespread adoption across packaging and consumer product applications.

2025 Scriptora International Journal of Research and Innovation (SIJRI)
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A review on biodegradable polymer: Shortcomings, developments, and future direction

This review examines the current market share, classifications, and shortcomings of biodegradable polymer materials, synthesizing developments in this field and identifying future directions for reducing environmental pollution caused by conventional non-degradable polymer composites.

2023 Applied and Computational Engineering 3 citations
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Biopolymers as renewable polymeric materials for sustainable development - an overview

This review examines biopolymers as renewable polymer materials for sustainable development, covering starch-, cellulose-, bacteria-, soy-, and natural polyester-based biopolymers, their applications, and their potential to replace conventional synthetic plastics derived from fossil resources.

2022 Polimery 15 citations
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Lignin beyond the status quo: recent and emerging composite applications

This review examines recent advances in using lignin, a natural plant polymer, as a component in composite materials across various industries. Researchers highlight how lignin-based composites can serve as biodegradable alternatives to conventional plastics in packaging, construction, and other applications. The study suggests that scaling up lignin-based materials could help reduce dependence on petroleum-derived plastics and the resulting microplastic pollution.

2023 Green Chemistry 114 citations
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Degradable Green Polymers, Green Nanopolymers and Green Nanocomposites Derived from Natural Systems: Statistics and Headways

This review surveys the fundamentals, classification, and properties of degradable green polymers, nanopolymers, and nanocomposites derived from natural sources, covering applications in transient electronics, barrier films, packaging, environmental protection, and biomedicine. The authors highlight the promise of natural degradable nanomaterials for addressing ecological challenges while noting that industrial and commercial scalability remains a significant hurdle.

2023 4 citations
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Designing biodegradable alternatives to commodity polymers

This review examined the challenges and strategies for designing biodegradable alternatives to commodity polymers, acknowledging that while replacement is necessary, sustainable alternatives must match the performance and economics of conventional plastics.

2023 Chemical Society Reviews 33 citations
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Understanding bioplastic materials - current state and trends

This review summarizes the current state of bioplastic materials, examining their properties, applications, and potential as alternatives to conventional petroleum-based plastics that contribute to environmental pollution. The authors assess both the promise and limitations of bioplastics in reducing the global plastic waste crisis.

2020 Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 31 citations
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Bioplastics as Better Alternative to Petroplastics and Their Role in National Sustainability: A Review

This review examines bioplastics as a more environmentally sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics, discussing their advantages including lower carbon footprint and biodegradability, while noting that higher production costs currently limit their ability to compete with conventional plastics.

2017 Advances in Bioscience and Bioengineering 118 citations
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Bioplastics and the environment: Solution or Green Illusion?

This review critically evaluates whether bioplastics are genuinely environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional plastics, finding that many bioplastics degrade incompletely under real-world conditions, form persistent microplastic fragments, and may pose ecological risks comparable to conventional plastics.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials Plastics
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Valorization of Biopolymers in Sustainable Material Development

This research evaluates the potential of biopolymers such as polysaccharides, proteins, and microbial polymers as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. The study highlights how conventional plastics contribute to microplastic contamination in biological systems and examines how biopolymer valorization could help address ecological degradation from persistent plastic waste.

2026 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT)
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Advancements in the biopolymer films for food packaging applications: a short review

This review covers advances in biodegradable biopolymer films being developed to replace conventional plastic food packaging, which breaks down into microplastics that contaminate soil and water. While these plant-based alternatives show promise for reducing microplastic pollution, they still need improvements in strength and durability before they can compete with conventional plastics at commercial scale.

2024 Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials 43 citations
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Are Biobased Plastics Green Alternatives?—A Critical Review

This critical review examines whether biobased plastics made from renewable resources are truly more environmentally sustainable than conventional petroleum-based plastics. Researchers found that while biobased plastics offer advantages such as reduced fossil fuel dependence and lower carbon footprint, they also present challenges including land use competition, biodegradability limitations, and potential ecotoxicity. The study concludes that biobased plastics are not automatically green alternatives and must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

2021 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 105 citations
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Recent innovations in the developments of biopolymer-based materials for the removal of micro- and nanoplastics: A review of performance, critical factors, practicability and knowledge gaps

A review of recent innovations in biopolymer-based materials for various applications assessed how bio-derived polymers are being developed to reduce reliance on fossil-fuel plastics. The transition to biopolymers is relevant to reducing the long-term sources of microplastic pollution.

2025 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 1 citations
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Emerging Bio-Based Polymers from Lab to Market: Current Strategies, Market Dynamics and Research Trends

This review explores the growing market for bio-based polymers, which are plastics made from renewable biological sources rather than petroleum. These materials are designed to be compostable and biodegradable, addressing public concern about plastic waste and microplastic pollution. While promising, the review notes that challenges remain in making bio-based plastics durable and cost-competitive enough to replace conventional plastics at scale.

2023 C – Journal of Carbon Research 62 citations
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An exploration of future of bioplastics and their physical, chemical and biological characteristic through bibliometric Analysis

This review explored the future of bioplastics as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, examining their physical, chemical, and biological characteristics and comparing degradation behavior in different environments. The paper assessed current limitations in bioplastic performance and biodegradability that must be addressed before they can effectively replace conventional plastics at scale.

2024 Research Square (Research Square)
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Bioplastic from Renewable Biomass: A Facile Solution for a Greener Environment

Researchers reviewed the science and applications of bioplastics — plastics made from renewable biological sources like starch, proteins, and algae — as a lower-impact alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastics that shed microplastics and persist in the environment. Bioplastics can match many properties of traditional plastics while offering biodegradability and a smaller carbon footprint, with especially promising uses in food packaging, agriculture, and medicine.

2021 Earth Systems and Environment 328 citations
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Biodegradable Composites Based on Fossil Types of Raw Materials. Part Ii: the Process of Biodegradation (review)

This review (Part II) examines the biodegradation processes of composite materials made from conventional fossil-based plastics and biodegradable components. The study addresses how these hybrid materials break down under environmental conditions, relevant to understanding whether biodegradable plastic alternatives actually degrade as expected.

2023 Polymer materials and technologies 1 citations
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Applications of Biopolymers in Bioengineering: A Comprehensive Review

This comprehensive review covers the wide range of biopolymers — natural, biodegradable polymers from living organisms — and their applications in bioengineering, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, and packaging. Biopolymers are presented as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics that could help reduce microplastic generation.

2023 Journal Of Biochemical Technology 2 citations