This session provides an overview of bioplastics, emphasizing their biodegradability and environmental benefits. It covers the production, applications, and factors influencing biodegradation, including aerobic and anaerobic processes.

Programme:

  • Biopolymers: an introduction
  • Biodegradability & compostability of polymers.
  • Aerobic biodegradation
  • Anaerobic biodegradation
  • Methods to analyse the biodegradability/compostability of a polymer.

Speaker:

Belén Montero | UDC