Degradation of Oxo-Degradable-Polyethylene and Polylactic Acid Films Embodied in the Substrate of the Edible Fungus Pleurotus ostreatus
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52848#.VKs4qMnQrzE Author(s) Dalia Santa Cruz-Navarro , Rosa María Espinosa-Valdemar , Margarita Beltrán-Villavicencio , Alethia Vázquez-Morillas , Maribel Velasco-Pérez Affiliation(s) Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, México D.F., México . ABSTRACT Degradable plastic mulch is being used to overcome the negative environmental impacts of burning and landfilling agricultural plastic waste. In this study P. ostreatus was used to model the capacity of a vegetal species to degrade conventional and degradable plastic films. Plastics studied were oxo-degradable polyethylene (OXO-PE), UV-irradiated oxo-degra...