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Degradation of biobased plastics in the soil: Microbial community defies climate change

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-09-14

The idea of biodegradable plastics sounds good at first. However, very little is known about how they are degraded in the soil and how this is influenced by climate change. In two recent studies, soil ecologists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have shown which microbial community is responsible for degradation, what role the climate plays in this process, and why biodegradable plastics could still be problematic.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-09-degradation-biobased-plastics-soil-microbial.html