Biopolymer Degradation and Composting

For natural ecosystems to operate and self-sustain healthily, they have to cope with increasing volumes of anthropogenic waste. With the mix and types of solid wastes generated today world-wide, it would be environmentally unsound 

PHAs can be rapidly and completely degraded in municipal anaerobic sludge by various microorganisms. PHAs have always been found to be biodegradable, but the degradation rate varies with their specific properties. PHAs 

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