Biodegradation Essays

Plastic In my opinion, there is no reason to keep wasting money on plastic, that is just going to end up causing risk to all living things on this planet. Did you know that about 8.3 billion plastic particles are made each year and about 6.3 million just end up as plastic waste in landfills? But, what happens when the landfills are full? Plastic pollutes the ocean and environment in many ways. Plastic usage is an extremely poor choice for everything and it should be banned because it pollutes

For pool owners, there is nothing more exhausting than cleaning the pool itself. Perhaps the common denominator as to why people want to own a pool is that they want to relax and enjoy it with their family and friends. That is the reason why most pool owners prefer to buy robotic pool cleaners. Having fun in the water is only the peak of an iceberg of having a pool. The rest of the iceberg lies on pool maintenance. It would probably take more time cleaning the entire pool than the actual leisure

Assalamualaikum and a very good morning I bid to my lecturer, Madam Rosyati, and my fellow classmates. My name is Aina Izzati Binti Mohd Khair, S37085 and I am from K1. Nowadays, the earth is facing global challenges such as climate change and pollution which occurs due to human activities. As some of us know, plastic bag is one of the contributors for waste pollution. This is why I strongly believe that the usage of reusable bags should be enforced in our country, Malaysia as the use of plastic

Demoralization: to cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope; dispirit. Being physically degraded is much different than mental degradation; physical abasement includes loss of muscle, fat, and other bodily necessities. Mental ignominy is getting stripped of your dignity, self-worth, and confidence. The novel Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand follows Louie Zamperini, an olympic runner and world war 2 bombardier, through his journey of agony and triumph. Prisoners of war (POW’s) were often treated similar

species, are among the largest moderate halophilic bacterial groups with biodegradation potential of hydrocarbon pollutants (22,23). In this study, the optimum culture condition for crude oil biodegradation by MS1 determined by Taguchi method indicated that the use of statistical experimental design techniques

Intrinsic and Engineered Bioremediation: A review A Aarthy(14BBT0093) aarthy96@gmail.com Vishal Joshi (14BBT0097) vishu.joshi60@gmail.com Abstract: With the rise in waste production, we need methods to tackle them. The conventional methods just transfer the waste from one site to another. Bioremediation is one of the solutions for waste management which is environmental friendly, efficient and cost effective. It depends on the ability of living organisms to degrade the contaminants. Though intrinsic

INTRODUCTION A chemical reaction is the chemical change of atoms and molecules. They is are an essential part of daily life, and can be very useful for solving various problems. This essay discusses the use of bioremediation in oil spills, and the chemical processes involved. PROBLEM An oil spill is simply the release of liquid petroleum (also known as crude oil) into the environment. Large-scale oil spills are very problematic, as they as they can cause a multitude of short-term and long-term

ABSTRACT PHB is a promising eco-friendly substance favorable for medical use. PHB was produced from local isolate Bacillus thuringenesis in a conc. 4.1 g/l using 30 g/L Sugar-cane molasses (SCM) at pH 7.5 and incubation temperature 35oC. PHB biodegradation by soil microorganisms were completed after four weeks. Cell cytotoxicity testing is one of the critical factors affecting the biomedical application of polymers. 50% cell cytotoxic concentration (IC50) = 130 mg/ml while non-toxic concentration

with organic garbage is that it creates a greater value proposition over composting. What is off-gassed is CO2 which is released into the atmosphere as a GHG. With composting, the organic material is artificially processed to accelerate aerobic biodegradation resulting in compost material which makes a great rich

Since the industrial revolution, crude oil has been the major source of energy which powers daily life. Crude oil otherwise known as fossil fuel, consists of a complex mixture of different molecular weight hydrocarbons and organic compounds that are explore from the earth. Crude oil is heterogeneous in nature with the main constituents being aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, asphaltines and resins (Al-Gamdi, 2011). At high temperature and pressure, crude oil is formed through the pyrolysis of

Fungi have pathogenic capebility for the biodegradation of undesirable materials or compounds and convert them into harmless, acceptable or useful products. Various fungal strains are known to degrade a wide variety of recalcitrant compounds, such as xenobiotics, lignin, and dyestuffs, with their extracellular

3.4. Swelling behavior The swelling behavior of the DCMC crosslinked gelatin-PEG composite hydrogel fibers is studied and presented in Fig. 3. It shows that the equilibrium swelling ratio of the hydrogel fibers is very high, which is found to be between 89 and 93%. The result indicates that the hydrogel fibers are effective biomaterials for using as wound dressings since they can absorb wound exudates and provide moist environment for wound leading to acceleration of wound healing. The water in hydrogel

Currently in society, the issue of copious pollution has been an ongoing problem that has only worsened with time. For the most part, the solution for Earth’s inhabitants has been to continue poisoning the planet, and let the future generations face the ramifications of the former’s negligence. However, the routine of mindlessly polluting the planet without much forethought to the future has caught up with society. Namely, in both the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean exists an immeasurable amount of

On March 24, 1989, one of the most detrimental oil spills in Alaskan history occurred. The spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, which was a common area of the coast of Alaska for importing and exporting goods such as oil. A ship named the Exxon Valdez was exporting an estimated 1.2 million barrels to Long Beach, California when it suddenly crashed into the Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef. This caused the ship to come apart and have the oil being carried inside of it to leak into the

root and development the peaking in the United States. Effects of activities such as clearing lands by the act of ‘mowing’, resulted in settlement and production on land. The long-term effect is, however, the diminishing returns associated with biodegradations, species extinction, and interference with the local food web. This is symbolized by the reduction in the number of words in the last lines representing the narrow end of the funnel. The toad spoken about in this poem is clipped by the power mower

6. POLYESTERAMIDES Introduction: -Structure of Polyesteramides- Polyesteramides are group of biodegradable polymer that covers both specialties in the biomedical field and commodity applications. These polymers have amide and ester groups on their chemical structure which give good thermal and mechanical properties. Polyesteramides are polymers with hydrolysable backbones which able to biodegrade under particular

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are an interdisciplinary field that aims to maintain, repair or improve tissue functions that are defective or lost by Disease, injury and trauma, either by developing biological substitutes or by reconstructing tissues. Tissue autografting and allografting are commonly approaches that have used for replacing damaged or diseased tissue. Nevertheless, these approaches have faced with several drawbacks. Tissue engineering involves three key factors: scaffold

From the beginning of the eighteenth century, technology has allowed us to live a comfortable and affluent life. The Industrial Revolution had widely spread technology around the world; however, as a result of the revolution, our planet has been affected a lot. It caused many pollution problems such as air pollution, water pollution, and marine pollution. Those pollutions are one of the most serious issues and some organizations and governments have already started to work toward those problems.

Extremophiles and Humanity The Guinness Book of World records puts the tallest man ever at 2.72 meters tall, clocks the fastest mile at 3 minutes and 43.13 seconds, and weighs in the heaviest baby born at 9.98 kg (n.d.). There are ridiculous records such as fastest 100 m hurdle in swim flippers, most toilet seats broken by a head in one minute, and countless other records that make you wonder how and why people thought of them. Adrenaline junkies chase the high they get from putting their life in

For years the world had wanted to be able to harness the natural gases found in shale. Often small amounts were able to be released but, not very efficiently. In July of 1947 in Hugoton, Kansas the first hydraulic fracturing experiment was performed by Stanolind Oil & Gas Company. “Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside.” Natural gas is harnessed for many