Aplicações e análise produtiva do Polihidroxibutirato

Abstract

Every day there is a growing consensus that the extended use of polymers brings immeasurable damage to the environment and accelerates the depletion of an extremely important non-renewable natural resource, oil. From this perspective, biopolymers emerge as a sustainable alternative to help combat this problem, bringing materials with very similar characteristics, but being made up of renewable raw materials and the majority being biodegradable. Therefore, this work will carry out a bibliographical review on PHB, a polyester of biological origin, synthesized by an extensive range of microorganisms, with excellent thermoplastic characteristics and completely biodegradable. It will be jointly surveying emerging uses for it, and investigating its relevance in the market, through economic and production projections for the coming next years.