Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Plastics in Super mealworms (Zophobas morio)

• 발행기관: 유기성자원학회
• 저자명: Byung Kook Ahn Jaewook Myung
• 간행물 정보: 『유기성자원학회 학술발표대회논문집』2022년도 춘계학술대회 발표집, 134~134쪽, 전체 1쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.05.27

영문 초록

Due to growing plastic pollution, biodegradable plastics have become a popular alternative to plastics. Despite its name “biodegradable”, some biodegradable plastics are easily biodegradable only under certain system, like composting conditions or anaerobic digestion. Even that they are not biodegradable particularly in marine and soil environments. Recent work has found that mealworms eat and decompose several plastics. To determine whether biodegradable plastics may be suitable to biodegradation within mealworms, we evaluated the fate of PLA, TPS, PBS and PBAT, comparing with non-bidodegradable plastics. We find that the biodegradable plastics biodegrade like non-biodegarable plastics. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were used to obtain quantitative biodegradabilities of the biodegradable plastics in mealworm guts.

키워드

Biodegradable plastics Super mealworm Smart-city