- and some
plastics take many
millennia to decompose. A
standard for
biodegradability used by the
European Union is that
greater than 90% of the original...
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Biodegradable plastics are
plastics that can be
decomposed by the
action of
living organisms,
usually microbes, into water,
carbon dioxide, and biom****...
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Biodegradable polymers are a
special class of
polymer that
breaks down
after its
intended purpose by
bacterial decomposition process to
result in natural...
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Biodegradability prediction is
biologically inspired computing and
attempts to
predict biodegradability of
anthropogenic materials in the environment...
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Biodegradable bags are bags that are
capable of
being decomposed by
bacteria or
other living organisms. Each year
approximately 500
billion to 1 trillion...
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Biodegradable waste includes any
organic matter in
waste which can be
broken down into
carbon dioxide, water, methane, compost, humus, and
simple organic...
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Biodegradable additives are
additives that
enhance the
biodegradation of
polymers by
allowing microorganisms to
utilize the
carbon within the polymer...
- polyethylene) or HDPE (high-density polyethylene) are
sometimes used. Oxo-
biodegradable plastic bags have the same
strength as
ordinary plastic and cost slightly...
- such as polybutyrate.
Natural polyesters and a few
synthetic ones are
biodegradable, but most
synthetic polyesters are not.
Synthetic polyesters are used...
- cell-mediated phenomena.
These plastics are
marketing as oxo-
biodegradable." "
Biodegradable plastic" is a term
which causes confusion and
should not be...
