Tiwari Archana

Publications
  • Research Article
    Polyhydroxy Alkanoates - A Sustainable Alternative to Petro-Based Plastics
    Author(s): Gupta Divya, Tiwari Archana and Ramirez Alejandro ManzanoGupta Divya, Tiwari Archana and Ramirez Alejandro Manzano

    Industrial growth, urbanization and wrong agricultural practices are responsible for pollution and loss of environmental quality. Petro plastics, produced from mineral resources, are one of the most important materials, but the production process destructs the environment. Bio-based and biodegradable plastics can form the basis for environmentally preferable and sustainable alternative to current materials based exclusively on petroleum feed stocks. Bioplastic helps us to overcome the problem of pollution caused by synthetic plastics as they originate from renewable resources and are a new generation of plastics able to significantly reduce the environmental impact in terms of energy consumption and greenhouse effect. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) emerges as a potential candidate in a way to be used as a biopolymer material which not only possesses the characteristic similar to the tradi.. View More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2157-7463.1000143

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