What is it about?
Rapid depletion of petroleum reserves and persistence of conventional synthetic plastics in the environment are considered important ecological problems. Thus, there is a need for alternatives to petroleum based plastics.
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Why is it important?
Wastewater treatment sludge containing mixed microbial consortia (MMC) is a potential feed-stock for PHA production. Utilising wastewater treatment sludge for producing PHA will also reduce the environmental burden of sludge disposal.
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Municipal secondary wastewater sludge is a potential feed-stock for recovery of PHA since it contains MMC that have the ability to accumulate PHA as reserve food material
Dr Manish Kumar
Amity University
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This page is a summary of: Recovery of polyhydroxyalkanoates from municipal secondary wastewater sludge, Bioresource Technology, May 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.031.
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