Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-fbnjt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-18T12:32:20.080Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Structural, thermal and morphological studies of bio-based straws under aerobic degradation process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2020

A. De la Luz Ramos ,
G. Pineda Flores ,
D. Palma-Ramírez  and
H. Dorantes-Rosales
A. De la Luz Ramos
Affiliation:
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Mexicano para la Producción más Limpia (CMPL), Av. Acueducto S/N, La Laguna Ticomán, C. P. 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
G. Pineda Flores*
Affiliation:
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Mexicano para la Producción más Limpia (CMPL), Av. Acueducto S/N, La Laguna Ticomán, C. P. 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
D. Palma-Ramírez*
Affiliation:
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Mexicano para la Producción más Limpia (CMPL), Av. Acueducto S/N, La Laguna Ticomán, C. P. 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
H. Dorantes-Rosales
Affiliation:
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, ESIQIE, Departamento de Metalurgia, C.P 07300, Ciudad de México, Mexico
*
*Corresponding authors: E-mail gpineda@ipn.mx
**dpalmar@ipn.mx
Get access

Abstract

The environmental problems caused by the persistence and improper disposal of single use plastics, have led the worldwide authorities to migrate into a sustainable production of bio-based materials, whose components need to be studied for proving their nature and to confirm their degradability. For this reason, the identification and monitoring degradation of five single use straws were assessed through FT-IR, TGA/DTA and SEM techniques which demonstrate that the straws tagged as biodegradable contain polymers of fossil origin in their formulation. Degradation of them was found to be influenced by polar groups, such as ester and glycosidic bonds of the biodegradable phase. The thermal stability decreased and the morphological characteristics as cracks and holes were detected after biodegradation.

Type
Articles
Information
MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 61: International Materials Research Congress XXIX , 2020 , pp. 3113 - 3121
Check for updates
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2020, published on behalf of Materials Research Society by Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Karlsson, T. M., Arneborg, L., Broström, G., Almroth, B. C., Gipperth, L., and Hassellöv, M., “The unaccountability case of plastic pellet pollution,” Marine pollution bulletin, vol. 129, pp. 52-60, 2018.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Chae, Y. and An, Y.-J., “Current research trends on plastic pollution and ecological impacts on the soil ecosystem: A review,” Environmental pollution, vol. 240, pp. 387-395, 2018.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lehner, R., Weder, C., Petri-Fink, A., and Rothen-Rutishauser, B., “Emergence of nanoplastic in the environment and possible impact on human health,” Environmental science & technology, vol. 53, pp. 1748-1765, 2019.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lara, O. H., Spalding, M. J., Navarrete, A. H., Park, C. A., and Braestrup, A., “The Current State of Law on Plastic Pollution in Mexico and a View Toward the Future,” ed Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 1-34.Google Scholar
Chinaglia, S., Tosin, M., and Degli-Innocenti, F., “Biodegradation rate of biodegradable plastics at molecular level,” Polymer Degradation and Stability, vol. 147, pp. 237-244, 2018.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ohtaki, A. and Nakasaki, K., “Comparison of the weight-loss degradability of various biodegradable plastics under laboratory composting conditions,” Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, vol. 2, pp. 118-124, 2000/10/01 2000.Google Scholar
Bastioli, C., “Handbook of biodegradable polymers. 2005,” Smithers Rapra Technology, UK.Google Scholar
Zhang, H., Xu, Y., Li, Y., Lu, Z., Cao, S., Fan, M., et al. ., “Facile cellulose dissolution and characterization in the newly synthesized 1, 3-diallyl-2-ethylimidazolium acetate ionic liquid,” Polymers, vol. 9, p. 526, 2017.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
] Palai, B., Biswal, M., Mohanty, S., and Nayak, S. K., “In situ reactive compatibilization of polylactic acid (PLA) and thermoplastic starch (TPS) blends; synthesis and evaluation of extrusion blown films thereof,” Industrial Crops and Products, vol. 141, p. 111748, 2019.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tesfaye, T., Gibril, M., Sithole, B., Ramjugernath, D., Chavan, R., Chunilall, V., et al. , “Valorisation of avocado seeds: extraction and characterisation of starch for textile applications,” Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, vol. 20, pp. 2135-2154, 2018.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gopanna, A., Mandapati, R. N., Thomas, S. P., Rajan, K., and Chavali, M., “Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) of polypropylene (PP)/cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) blends for qualitative and quantitative analysis,” Polymer Bulletin, vol. 76, pp. 4259-4274, 2019.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Xing, L., Gu, J., Zhang, W., Tu, D., and Hu, C., “Cellulose I and II nanocrystals produced by sulfuric acid hydrolysis of Tetra pak cellulose I,” Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 192, pp. 184-192, 2018/07/15/ 2018.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Chien, Y.-C., Liang, C., Liu, S.-H., and Yang, S.-H., “Combustion Kinetics and Emission Characteristics of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Polylactic Acid Combustion,” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, vol. 60, pp. 849-855, 2010/07/01 2010.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Scalenghe, R., “Resource or waste? A perspective of plastics degradation in soil with a focus on end-of-life options,” Heliyon, vol. 4, pp. e00941-e00941, 2018.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed