Insects for plastic biodegradation – A review

Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 186, P. 833 - 849

Published: April 5, 2024

Plastic has an extended lifespan in the environment, hence presenting enduring hazard to both humans and diverse organisms, particularly those inhabiting terrestrial aquatic ecosystems. Conventional techniques for breaking down waste made of plastic, such as dumping it landfills using chemical procedures, have been proven be disadvantageous a substantial detrimental impact on environmental sustainability. Plastics exhibit high resistance decomposition when left their own devices. Polymer degradation by insects currently no practical applicability. The concept degrading plastics is widely recognized, although precise manner which occurs remains incompletely understood. Moreover, advantages utilizing insect larvae involve low expenses absence secondary pollution. current review offers extensive overview latest research papers from 2016 2022 that specifically explore disintegration plastic microorganisms. aim this provide insight into processes involved microorganisms, while also emphasizing advanced viewpoints possible uses biodegradation, well challenges future prospects field.

Language: Английский

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The aging of microplastics exacerbates the damage to photosynthetic performance and bioenergy production in microalgae (Chlorella pyrenoidosa)

Water Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 259, P. 121841 - 121841

Published: May 26, 2024

Language: Английский

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Radical innovation breakthroughs of biodegradation of plastics by insects: history, present and future perspectives

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(6)

Published: April 30, 2024

Abstract Insects damaging and penetrating plastic packaged materials has been reported since the 1950s. Radical innovation breakthroughs of biodegradation have initiated discovery plastics by Tenebrio molitor larvae in 2015 followed Galleria mellonella 2017. Here we review updated studies on insect-mediated plastics. Plastic insect larvae, mainly some species darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) pyralid moths (Pyralidae) is currently a highly active potentially transformative area research. Over past eight years, publications increased explosively, including discoveries ability different to biodegrade plastics, performance, contribution host microbiomes, impacts polymer types their physic-chemical properties, responsible enzymes secreted gut microbes. To date, almost all major polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), terephthalate (PET), polyurethane (PUR), polystyrene (PS) can be biodegraded T. ten other representing Tenebrionidae Pyralidae families. The processes are symbiotic reactions or performed synergistic efforts both gut-microbes rapidly depolymerize with hourly half-lives. digestive ezymens bioreagents screted insects play an essential role plasatic certain New research itself, transcriptomes, proteomes metabolomes evaluated mechanisms insects. We conclude this discussing future perspectives

Language: Английский

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Continuous generation and release of microplastics and nanoplastics from polystyrene by plastic-degrading marine bacteria

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 465, P. 133339 - 133339

Published: Dec. 22, 2023

Language: Английский

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Responses of gut microbiomes to commercial polyester polymer biodegradation in Tenebrio molitor Larvae

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 457, P. 131759 - 131759

Published: June 2, 2023

Language: Английский

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Organic fertilizer facilitates the soil microplastic surface degradation and enriches the diversity of bacterial biofilm

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 459, P. 132139 - 132139

Published: July 25, 2023

Language: Английский

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Chlorinated plastics offer unique opportunities and challenges in upcycling

Polymer International, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 73(5), P. 341 - 348

Published: Feb. 19, 2024

Abstract Chlorinated plastics are part of the everyday lives consumers and producers alike. They can be found in buildings, automobiles, fashion, packaging many other places. This prevalence makes them a considerable plastic waste crisis. Interest ‘upcycling’ (as opposed to recycling) has grown recently augment possibilities managing waste. The advances made upcycling have focused on polyethylene, polypropylene, poly(ethylene terephthalate) polystyrene while chlorinated plastics, chiefly poly(vinyl chloride), received much less attention. release chlorine‐containing molecules during treatment greatly complicates cross‐method upcycling, or even mixes containing plastics. review presents case for extracting value from by highlighting appealing products owing to, despite, CCl bond via depolymerization, carbonization modification. © 2024 Society Industrial Chemistry.

Language: Английский

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Biodegradation of various grades of polyethylene microplastics by Tenebrio molitor and Tenebrio obscurus larvae: Effects on their physiology

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 358, P. 120832 - 120832

Published: April 9, 2024

Language: Английский

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Global analysis of the adverse effects of micro- and nanoplastics on intestinal health and microbiota of fish

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 470, P. 134157 - 134157

Published: March 29, 2024

Language: Английский

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Biofragmentation of Polystyrene Microplastics: A Silent Process Performed by Chironomus sancticaroli Larvae

Environmental Science & Technology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 58(10), P. 4510 - 4521

Published: March 1, 2024

Polystyrene (PS) is one of the main synthetic polymers produced around world, and it present in composition a wide variety single-use objects. When released into environment, these materials are degraded by environmental factors, resulting microplastics. We investigated ability

Language: Английский

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