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Production of Sustainable Bioplastics Through Biomass Wastes Valorization to Mitigate Carbon Footprint Emissions
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Author(s): Takaomi Kobayashi (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan), Debbie Dominic (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), Nurul Alia Syufina Abu Bakar (School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)and Siti Baidurah (School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 14
Source title:
Building a Low-Carbon Society Through Applied Environmental Materials Science
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Takaomi Kobayashi (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0003-9.ch006
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the production of bioplastics such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) via biomass wastes valorization. The high production costs of PHAs, particularly substrate of the base material, has limited its application. The utilization of biomass wastes from agro-industrial such as molasses, banana trunk juice, palm oil waste effluent, and animal derived chitin from crustacean as an alternative carbon feedstock is explored by many researchers, due to the abundancy, inexpensive, contains high sugar and oil contents. These industrial biomass wastes can be further exploited for lowering the production costs, simultaneously reduce biomass waste accumulation, and accelerate the application of the bioplastics at large scale. This chapter also covers the challenges of utilizing industrial waste as feedstocks for PHA production and its impact on carbon footprint mitigation. These initiatives are in parallel with various Sustainable Development Goals such as number 12, 13, 14, and 15.
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