• Conventional plastics are difficult to degrade and thus causing harms to the environment.
• Conventional plastics are difficult to degrade and thus causing harms to the environment.
• Several biodegradable plastics have been created as an alternative.
• However, the degree of biodegradation of these bioplastics in various environments have not fully understood.

This project determines the biodegradability of Pela cellphone cases in laboratory scale anaerobic biodegradability assay, laboratory scale aerobic biodegradability assay, and Field scale composting biodegradability assay.

Project team: Hina Dilawar, Dr. Cigdem Eskicioglu