The microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from waste polystyrene fragments attained using oxidative degradation
- Submitting institution
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University of Wolverhampton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 606
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.3390/polym10090957
- Title of journal
- Polymers
- Article number
- ARTN 957
- First page
- 957
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 9
- ISSN
- 2073-4360
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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13
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper assesses the quality of biopolymers derived from fermentation processes in which waste plastics such as polystyrene are used as the carbon source for synthesis. The work demonstrates that fermentation of predegraded polystyrene can significantly reduce the amount of plastics going to landfill and provide a sustainable resource inherently required for a circular economy by enhancing recyclability. The Partial degradation of PHA is a subject of EU and International patents (EP 2 346 922 B1 and WO 2010/044112) held by authors of this paper.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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