Bioplastics for Sustainability

Ajay Kumar Mishra is Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, South Africa and also a “Fellow” member at “Royal Society of Chemistry” UK. He received his M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in 2003 and 2007, respectively, from The University of Delhi, India. In addition, he was appointed as “Senior Lecturer” in October 2009 at the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa where he was promoted to “Associate Professor” in November 2011 until December 2014. Recently, he was appointed by University of South Africa as “Full Professor” since January 2015. He is also working as “Adjunct Professor” at Jiangsu University, China. He has also developed a number of collaborations worldwide. He also served as Associate Editor as well as member of the editorial board of many peer-reviewed international journals. He is also serving as member advisory board of a number of international scientific societies, conferences and workshops. His research interest involves in the broader areas of Nanoscience/Nanotechnology; Materials Science; Polymers; Composite/Nanocomposites; Photocatalysts and Water Research. He is also actively involved in the area of nanotechnology towards the development of smart materials for various applications in the field of materials science and water research. He supervises students involved in the nanotechnology and water treatment research in projects involving finding treatments on organic, inorganic pollutants using synthetic and wastewater solutions. Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research focuses on sustainability, the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.

• Part I: Introduction to biodegradable, compostable, and oxodegradable bioplastics1. Individual antecedents to consumer intention to switch to food waste bioplastic products: a configuration analysisPart II: Manufacture of bioplastics2. Development of bioplastics from a microalgae consortium from wastewater3. Bioplastic for a clean environment4. Other novel materials to manufacture bioplasticsPart III: Technologies and standards for bioplastics5. Unintended use of bioplastic: carbon, land, and water footprints6. Aerobic and anaerobic degradation of bioplastics7. Standards issues toward bioplastics8. Compostable bioplastics at the industrial scale9. Chemical recycling of bioplastics10. Impact of bioplastic on the recycling of conventional plastics11. Indexes to assess their biodegradationPart IV: Economics of bioplastics12. Economics and commercialization of bioplasticsPart V: Bioplastics in environment13. Bioplastics for clean environment14. Life cycle analyses and carbon footprint of bioplastics15. Microplastics generated from bioplastics—a far-reaching review16. Bioplastics in marine environment - the insightful road to scientific wisdom17. The environmental sustainability of biowaste in bioplastic production