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Bio Plastics from Biomass

This paper reviews bioplastics derived from biomass as a potential solution to conventional plastic pollution, examining their properties, production methods, and limitations in fully replacing fossil-based plastics.

2024
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Bioplastic- Futuristic Approach

This review examines bioplastics as a sustainable alternative to petrochemical-based plastics, covering materials derived from biomass such as starch, cellulose, and microbial polymers. The paper surveys the biodegradation properties, production methods, and limitations of current bioplastic technologies as part of a broader strategy to address global plastic pollution.

2024 INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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Incarnation of bioplastics: recuperation of plastic pollution

This review explored bioplastics as eco-friendly alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, examining their production from agricultural and kitchen waste products and their potential for microbial decomposition to help reduce plastic pollution.

2021 International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry 28 citations
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Bioplastics from Waste Biomass: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future

This review investigates the use of waste biomass -- including agricultural residues and food waste -- as feedstocks for producing bioplastics as a sustainable alternative to fossil-fuel-derived conventional plastics. The authors assess the potential of different waste biomass sources to yield biodegradable polymers that reduce both carbon emissions and microplastic accumulation in the environment.

2024 International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 4 citations
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Existing Scenario and Environmental Significance of Biodegradable Plastics: A Review for a Sustainable Future

This review examines the current status of biodegradable plastics derived from renewable sources (starch, PLA, PHA), covering production methods, degradation behavior, and their real-world performance as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics in reducing landfill burden and marine microplastic pollution.

2025 Green Energy and Environmental Technology 2 citations
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Biodegradation of Wasted Bioplastics

This paper provides a broad overview of bioplastics — materials made from renewable biological sources — discussing their potential as a partial solution to global plastic pollution and the complexity of their biodegradability. While microplastic accumulation in oceans is mentioned as context for the urgency of the problem, the paper's focus is on bioplastic production and biodegradation rather than microplastic health or environmental impacts.

2023 World Science 2 citations
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Exploration of Bioplastics: A Review

This review assessed bioplastics as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, covering their production, properties, biodegradability, and limitations as a solution to plastic pollution. While bioplastics offer reduced fossil fuel dependence, the authors noted that many only degrade under industrial composting conditions and are not a complete solution to environmental plastic accumulation.

2022 Oriental Journal Of Chemistry 13 citations
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Application of biodegradable plastic and their environmental impacts: A revie

This review examines the environmental impacts of conventional petroleum-based plastics and evaluates biodegradable alternatives made from plant-based and other organic materials. Researchers found that while bioplastics show promise for reducing long-term pollution, their degradation rates vary significantly depending on environmental conditions. The study emphasizes that switching to biodegradable plastics alone is not enough without proper waste management infrastructure.

2024 World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 7 citations
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Food packaging Bio-based plastics: Properties, Renewable Biomass resources, Synthesis, and Applications

This review covers bio-based plastics made from renewable biomass sources as alternatives to petroleum-based packaging, aiming to reduce plastic pollution and extend food shelf life. While bio-based plastics can reduce environmental impact at end of life, their behavior after disposal and whether they generate microplastics still requires careful evaluation.

2023 Proceedings of the Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies
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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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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 Bioplastics: A Review of State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Future Directions

This review covers the current state, challenges, and future directions for biodegradable bioplastics derived from organic sources like starch and cellulose. While bioplastics are promoted as alternatives to conventional plastics, not all fully break down in natural environments, meaning some can still generate microplastic fragments.

2023 1 citations
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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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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: potential substitution to fossil-based plastics

This review examines bioplastics as potential substitutes for fossil-based plastics in the context of marine plastic pollution abatement, discussing biodegradable and decomposable plastic innovations alongside resource recovery strategies and circular economy approaches to plastic waste management.

2023 IWA Publishing eBooks 5 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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Biodegradable Packaging : a Key to Environmental Sustainability

This paper reviews biodegradable packaging alternatives to conventional plastics, arguing that plant-based materials can reduce microplastic pollution in oceans, soil, and food systems. The authors survey available materials and manufacturing methods as part of a broader case for environmental sustainability.

2024 International Association of Biologicals and Computational Digest
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A review of bioplastics as an alternative to petrochemical plastics: Its types, structure, characteristics, degradation, standards, and feedstocks

This review compares bioplastics to traditional petroleum-based plastics, covering their types, structure, biodegradability, and the standards they must meet to be called compostable. While bioplastics generally have a lower environmental footprint, not all of them fully break down in natural conditions, meaning some can still generate microplastic fragments. The review is relevant because understanding which alternative plastics truly degrade could help reduce the ongoing accumulation of microplastics in the environment.

2024 Polymers for Advanced Technologies 15 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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Recycling of Bioplastics: Routes and Benefits

Researchers reviewed how bioplastics — plastics made from biological sources rather than petroleum — combined with mechanical and chemical recycling could replace conventional plastics and help reduce microplastic buildup in marine ecosystems that ultimately accumulates in humans.

2020 Journal of Polymers and the Environment 342 citations
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Chemical-Physical Characterization of Bio-Based Biodegradable Plastics in View of Identifying Suitable Recycling/Recovery Strategies and Numerical Modeling of PLA Pyrolysis

Researchers characterized several bio-based and biodegradable polymer alternatives to conventional plastics using chemical-physical methods, assessing their suitability for industrial composting and identifying challenges in managing these bioplastics in the existing waste stream.

2023 Waste and Biomass Valorization 19 citations
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PHA-Based Bioplastic: a Potential Alternative to Address Microplastic Pollution

This review examines polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-based bioplastics as biodegradable alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics, highlighting their potential to reduce microplastic pollution while discussing challenges in scaling production and improving material properties.

2022 Water Air & Soil Pollution 172 citations
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Bioplastics in the circular bioeconomy: Production pathways, biodegradation mechanisms, and environmental implications

This comprehensive review examines how bioplastics — plastics made from renewable biological sources — fit into a circular economy, covering how they are produced, how microorganisms break them down, and the environmental risks when degradation is incomplete. A key concern is that even bio-based plastics can form microplastics if they do not fully degrade in real-world conditions like marine or soil environments, meaning that simply switching to bioplastics does not automatically solve the microplastic pollution problem.

2026 Figshare
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Bioplastics and biodegradable plastics: A review of recent advances, feasibility and cleaner production

Researchers systematically reviewed over 280 articles on bioplastics and biodegradable plastics, finding that while polylactic acid and polyhydroxyalkanoates reduce fossil fuel dependence, their higher production costs, lower durability, and tendency to form microplastics when improperly composted remain significant barriers to replacing conventional plastics.

2025 The Science of The Total Environment 59 citations