Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services

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Autor(a) principal: Venâncio, Cátia
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Lopes, Isabel M. C. A., Oliveira, Miguel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/36884
Resumo: Bioplastics have been suggested as more sustainable alternatives to conventional, petroleum-based plastics. In this work, the available studies comparing effects of biopolymers and petroleum-based plastics were reviewed to improve the knowledge on the sustainability of biobased polymers, providing a benchmark regarding their ecotoxicological effects, as well as to highlight research priorities in this field. The literature review shows that, only a small number of the available biopolymers have been tested highlighting the need for more research diversifying the tested polymers. Overall, the available studies support the idea that bioplastics are likely to cause physiological impairments (feeding, reproduction, or locomotion) as well as cellular (proteome and enzyme activity) effects on biota. Furthermore, the studies on bioplastic degradation under realistic conditions report changes in water and sediment quality, which may also have consequences to biota. It is evident that some reservations must be kept regarding conventional plastics substitutions by bioplastics.
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title Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services
spellingShingle Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services
Venâncio, Cátia
Petrochemical products
Degradability
Sustainability
Ecological effects
Marine compartment
title_short Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services
title_full Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services
title_fullStr Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services
title_full_unstemmed Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services
title_sort Bioplastics: known effects and potential consequences to marine and estuarine ecosystem services
author Venâncio, Cátia
author_facet Venâncio, Cátia
Lopes, Isabel M. C. A.
Oliveira, Miguel
author_role author
author2 Lopes, Isabel M. C. A.
Oliveira, Miguel
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Venâncio, Cátia
Lopes, Isabel M. C. A.
Oliveira, Miguel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Petrochemical products
Degradability
Sustainability
Ecological effects
Marine compartment
topic Petrochemical products
Degradability
Sustainability
Ecological effects
Marine compartment
description Bioplastics have been suggested as more sustainable alternatives to conventional, petroleum-based plastics. In this work, the available studies comparing effects of biopolymers and petroleum-based plastics were reviewed to improve the knowledge on the sustainability of biobased polymers, providing a benchmark regarding their ecotoxicological effects, as well as to highlight research priorities in this field. The literature review shows that, only a small number of the available biopolymers have been tested highlighting the need for more research diversifying the tested polymers. Overall, the available studies support the idea that bioplastics are likely to cause physiological impairments (feeding, reproduction, or locomotion) as well as cellular (proteome and enzyme activity) effects on biota. Furthermore, the studies on bioplastic degradation under realistic conditions report changes in water and sediment quality, which may also have consequences to biota. It is evident that some reservations must be kept regarding conventional plastics substitutions by bioplastics.
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