Plastic waste disposal is a huge ecotechnological problem and one of the approaches to solving this problem is the development of biodegradable plastics. This review summarizes data on their use, biodegradability, commercial reliability and production from renewable resources. Some commercially successful biodegradable plastics are based on chemical synthesis (i.e. polyglycolic acid, polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, and polyvinyl alcohol). Others are products of microbial fermentations (i.e. polyesters and neutral polysaccharides) or are prepared from chemically modified natural products (e.g., starch, cellulose, chitin or soy protein).

• MeSH
• Bacteria metabolismus   MeSH
• biodegradace MeSH
• biotechnologie metody   MeSH
• celulosa chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• houby metabolismus   MeSH
• plastické hmoty chemická syntéza   metabolismus   MeSH
• polyestery metabolismus   MeSH
• polymery MeSH
• rostliny metabolismus   MeSH
• škrob chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Názvy látek
• celulosa MeSH
• plastické hmoty MeSH
• polyestery MeSH
• polymery MeSH
• škrob MeSH