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Sustainability Challenges and Future Perspectives of Biopolymer

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Biopolymers

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Biopolymer has become a significant alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastics. Over the years, ‘time and energies’ have been spent to sustain and modify these traditional biopolymers to make them more user-friendly and via designing novel polymer composites out of naturally occurring materials. These efforts have also been influenced by the idea that biodegradable polymer materials will reduce the production of synthetic polymer at very low cost, thereby producing a positive effect both environmentally and economically. This chapter discusses about the sustainability challenges of biopolymer production and future perspectives of biopolymer. The market growth and factors influence the demand of biopolymers that were introduced in several aspects: (i) cost and competition with existing synthetic polymers, (ii) facile production routes, (iii) availability of viable sources for biopolymers, and (iv) environmental aspect of biopolymer versus synthetic polymer and lastly the discussion of the future perspectives of biopolymer. Lastly, this chapter summarizes findings obtained in recent years, trying to identify open questions and future perspectives to overcome the present gaps and limitations.

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  1. Department of Oil and Gas Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

    Nur Hashimah Alias, Nur Hidayati Othman & Muhammad Shafiq Mat Shayuti

  2. School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

    Fauziah Marpani & Muzakkir Mohammad Zainol

  3. Advanced Membrane Technology Research Center (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Norfadhilatuladha Abdullah

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Alias, N.H., Abdullah, N., Othman, N.H., Marpani, F., Zainol, M.M., Shayuti, M.S.M. (2022). Sustainability Challenges and Future Perspectives of Biopolymer. In: Nadda, A.K., Sharma, S., Bhat, R. (eds) Biopolymers. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98392-5_17

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