ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Tuning Biodegradation of Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) at Mild Temperature by Blending with Poly (butylene succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA) or Polycaprolactone (PCL).
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation in soils: mechanisms, controls, biological responses, and knowledge gaps.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing Polymer Biodegradability: Standardized Methods, Critical Challenges, and Future Directions.Polymers · 2026Review
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- Processing and Characterization of Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) Films Containing Pomegranate Peel Powder.Polymers · 2026Article
- Degradable Alternatives to Single-Use Plastics: Mechanisms, Materials, and Strategies for Sustainable Polyolefin Replacement.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Biodegradable Plastics as Sustainable Alternatives: Advances, Basics, Challenges, and Directions for the Future.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Enhancing Biodegradation of Poly(lactic acid) in Compost at Room Temperature by Compounding Jade Particles.Polymers · 2025Article
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Abstract
Biobased plastics are fully or partially made from biological resources but are not necessarily biodegradable or compostable. Poly (lactic acid) (PLA), one of the most diffused bioplastics, is compostable in industrial environments, but improving degradation in home composting conditions, in soil and in seawater could be beneficial for improving its end of life and general degradability. Blends obtained by the extrusion of PLA with different amounts of poly (butylene succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA) or poly (caprolactone) (PCL) were characterized in terms of their home composting, soil, marine and freshwater biodegradation. The blending strategy was found to be successful in improving the home compostability and soil compostability of PLA. Thanks to the correlations with morphological characterization as determined by electron microscopy, it was possible to show that attaining an almost co-continuous phase distribution, depending on the composition and melt viscosity of the blend components, can enhance PLA degradation in home composting conditions. Tests in marine and freshwater were also performed, and the obtained results showed that in marine conditions, pure PLA is degradable. A comparison of different tests evidenced that salt dissolved in marine water plays an important role in favoring PLA's degradability.
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