TY - JOUR
T1 - Biotechnology of Plastic Waste Degradation, Recycling, and Valorization
T2 - Current Advances and Future Perspectives
AU - Qin, Zi Hao
AU - Mou, Jin Hua
AU - Chao, Christopher Yu Huang
AU - Chopra, Shauhrat Singh
AU - Daoud, Walid
AU - Leu, Shao yuan
AU - Ning, Zhi
AU - Tso, Chi Yan
AU - Chan, Chak Keung
AU - Tang, Shixing
AU - Hathi, Zubeen Jyotiwadan
AU - Haque, Md Ariful
AU - Wang, Xiang
AU - Lin, Carol Sze Ki
N1 - Funding Information:
The funding sources for this work are provided by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council via Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) account C1105‐20GF, along with Natural Science Foundation of China (51908244) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018 M643363, 2019T120789).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Although fossil-based plastic products have many attractive characteristics, their production has led to severe environmental burdens that require immediate solutions. Despite these plastics being non-natural chemical compounds, they can be degraded and metabolized by some microorganisms, which suggests the potential application of biotechnologies based on the mechanism of plastic biodegradation. In this context, microbe-based strategies for the degradation, recycling, and valorization of plastic waste offer a feasible approach for alleviating environmental challenges created by the accumulation of plastic waste. This Minireview highlights recent advances in the biotechnology-based biodegradation of both traditional polymers and bio-based plastics, focusing on the mechanisms of biodegradation. From an application perspective, this Minireview also summarizes recent progress in the recycling and valorization of plastic waste, which are feasible solutions for tackling the plastic waste dilemma.
AB - Although fossil-based plastic products have many attractive characteristics, their production has led to severe environmental burdens that require immediate solutions. Despite these plastics being non-natural chemical compounds, they can be degraded and metabolized by some microorganisms, which suggests the potential application of biotechnologies based on the mechanism of plastic biodegradation. In this context, microbe-based strategies for the degradation, recycling, and valorization of plastic waste offer a feasible approach for alleviating environmental challenges created by the accumulation of plastic waste. This Minireview highlights recent advances in the biotechnology-based biodegradation of both traditional polymers and bio-based plastics, focusing on the mechanisms of biodegradation. From an application perspective, this Minireview also summarizes recent progress in the recycling and valorization of plastic waste, which are feasible solutions for tackling the plastic waste dilemma.
KW - biodegradation
KW - biological activity
KW - environmental chemistry
KW - plastic recycling
KW - plastic valorization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85109787638&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/cssc.202100752
DO - 10.1002/cssc.202100752
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85109787638
SN - 1864-5631
JO - ChemSusChem
JF - ChemSusChem
ER -