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The environmental impact and economic feasibility assessment of composite calcium alginate bioplastics derived from Sargassum

Published:2023 Issue:14 Volume:25 Page:5501-5516
ISSN:1463-9262
Container-title:Green Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Green Chem.

Author:

Mohammed Akeem¹,Ward Keeran²^ORCID,Lee Koon-Yang³^ORCID,Dupont Valerie²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

2. School of Chemical and Process Engineering (SCAPE), University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

3. Department of Aeronautics and Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ, London, UK

Abstract

For much of the Caribbean, plastic pollution and the great Atlantic Sargassum belt has led to significant regional loss. To elevate these problematic areas, we present a novel calcium alginate bioplastic process from the lens of techno-economic and life cycle assessments.

Funder

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Environmental Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/GC/D3GC01019H

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