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A concise update on major poly-lactic acid bioprocessing barriers

Bioresource Technology Reports, ISSN: 2589-014X, Vol: 18, Page: 101094
2022
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Review Description

Nowadays, there is a huge interest in first necessity products derived from biomaterials due to environmental concerns. A wide spectrum of biomaterials has been researched in several scientific areas. That is the case of the biopolymer poly-lactic acid (PLA). PLA's success has not started today; its studies have been launched since the 1980s. PLA is a natural polymer formed by lactic acid (LA) monomers. During the organic acid to biopolymer conversion, some difficulties are still present, which may slow the development of LA bioproducts. This fact needs to be solved in order to make PLA even more competitive with conventional plastics. On the other hand, PLA biopolymers' demand increased due to its versatility, where the market is expected to reach US$ 9.5 billion by 2027. Thus, this paper aims at presenting recent information about PLA production, market and demand, as well as the PLA barriers related to industrial production.

Bibliographic Details

Priscilla Zwiercheczewski de Oliveira; Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe; Ariane Fátima Murawski de Mello; Carlos Ricardo Soccol

Elsevier BV

Chemical Engineering; Environmental Science; Energy

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