Plastic crisis underscores need for alternative sustainable-renewable materials

Su Shiung Lam; Changlei Xia; Christian Sonne

doi:10.1016/j.jobab.2022.06.001

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Su Shiung Lam, Changlei Xia, Christian Sonne. Plastic crisis underscores need for alternative sustainable-renewable materials[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2022, 7(3): 145-147. doi: 10.1016/j.jobab.2022.06.001

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Su Shiung Lam, Changlei Xia, Christian Sonne. Plastic crisis underscores need for alternative sustainable-renewable materials[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2022, 7(3): 145-147. doi: 10.1016/j.jobab.2022.06.001

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Plastic crisis underscores need for alternative sustainable-renewable materials

doi: 10.1016/j.jobab.2022.06.001

Su Shiung Lam^{a, b, e},
Changlei Xia^c,
Christian Sonne^{d, e
,
,}

a.
Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
b.
Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Young Scientists Network, Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM), Kuala Lumpur 50480, Malaysia
c.
Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
d.
Department of Ecoscience, Faculty of Technological Sciences, Aarhus University, Roskilde DK-4000, Denmark
e.
Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: cs@ecos.au.dk (C. Sonne)
Received Date: 2022-05-15
Accepted Date: 2022-05-28
Rev Recd Date: 2022-05-26

Available Online: 2022-06-24

Publish Date: 2022-07-31

Abstract

- Plastic,
- Sustainable material,
- Green chemistry,
- Waste,
- Thermochemical conversion

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