Examples of Biodegradable Plastics
- While aromatic polyesters are almost totally resistant to microbial attack, most aliphatic polyesters are biodegradable due to their potentially hydrolysable ester bonds:
- Naturally Produced: Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) like the poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV) and polyhydroxyhexanoate (PHH);
- Renewable Resource: Polylactic acid (PLA);
- Synthetic: Polybutylene succinate (PBS), polycaprolactone (PCL)...
- Polyanhydrides
- Polyvinyl alcohol
- Most of the starch derivatives
- Cellulose esters like cellulose acetate and nitrocellulose and their derivatives (celluloid).
- Enhanced biodegradable plastic with additives.
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