Fibers and Polymers

, Volume 16, Issue 6, pp 1362–1369 | Cite as

(Bio)degradation studies of degradable polymer composites with jute in different environments

  • Marta Musioł
  • Henryk Janeczek
  • Sebastian Jurczyk
  • Iwona Kwiecień
  • Michal Sobota
  • Andrzej Marcinkowski
  • Joanna Rydz
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Abstract

The introduction of new, environmentally friendly and sustainable plastics in the packaging and end-user industry is a solution to the problem of waste management. The degradation of polyesters in different environments could result from an enzymatic attack or simple hydrolysis, or both. The degree of degradation of blends containing polylactide and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate), PLA/P(3HB-co-4HB), and its composites with 20 %wt of jute incubated in distilled water at 70 ℃ (abiotic conditions) under industrial composting conditions (system KNEER) was investigated using a Zeiss optical microscope, an atomic force microscope, gel permeation chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry and thermal gravimetric analysis. PLA/P(3HB-co-4HB) was tested under laboratory composting conditions in order to verify whether biodegradation of this material occurs under industrial composting conditions. The addition of jute fibres did significantly reduce the disintegration of the composites during degradation.

Keywords

Polylactide blend Jute (Bio)Degradation Industrial composting 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Marta Musioł
    • 1
  • Henryk Janeczek
    • 1
  • Sebastian Jurczyk
    • 2
  • Iwona Kwiecień
    • 1
  • Michal Sobota
    • 1
  • Andrzej Marcinkowski
    • 1
  • Joanna Rydz
    • 1
    • 3
  1. 1.Centre of Polymer and Carbon MaterialsPolish Academy of SciencesZabrzePoland
  2. 2.Paint and Plastics Department in GliwiceInstitute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and DyesGliwicePoland
  3. 3.Institute of Polymers, Acad.Bulgarian Academy of SciencesSofiaBulgaria

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