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    This document discusses harnessing bioplastics from sewage sludge through a two-step process. Sewage sludge first undergoes anaerobic digestion to produce volatile fatty acids (VFAs). These VFAs are then used in a fermentation process by microbes to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a type of biodegradable and biocompatible plastic. The PHAs can then be extracted from the microbes.

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    This document discusses harnessing bioplastics from sewage sludge through a two-step process. Sewage sludge first undergoes anaerobic digestion to produce volatile fatty acids (VFAs). These VFAs are then used in a fermentation process by microbes to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a type of biodegradable and biocompatible plastic. The PHAs can then be extracted from the microbes.

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    This document discusses harnessing bioplastics from sewage sludge through a two-step process. Sewage sludge first undergoes anaerobic digestion to produce volatile fatty acids (VFAs). These VFAs are then used in a fermentation process by microbes to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a type of biodegradable and biocompatible plastic. The PHAs can then be extracted from the microbes.

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    Harnessing Bioplastic From Sewage Sludge

    Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)
    o Linear polyesters produced by microbial aerobic
    fermentation
    o Biodegradable
    o Biocompatible o Tunable (combination of ~ 150 monomers)
    scl-PHA (R = H, CH 3, C 2 H 5, C 3 H 7) ~ PP mcl-PHA (R =
    (CH 2 ) 3CH 3 - (CH 2 ) 8CH 3) ~ LDPE
    From sewage sludge to materials

    VFA Production PHA Production

    Extration
    VFA
    Pre-treavtment PHA
    Extration

    Anaerobic
    digestion

    sludge

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