Polymers are materials that make life easier for us, but with these materials we have already polluted our planet. Biopolymers are materials of the future, since some of them are biodegradable and have much smaller impact on the environment than regular plastics. The biopolymer is a polymer that is either derived from a renewable source or biodegradable, so all biopolymers are not biodegradable. In the diploma thesis, biopolymers are classified according to their origin and according to their structure. For each group the most typical characteristics are described, followed by a description of different ways of degradation processes of biopolymer waste. In the end, the degradation of individual polymers in connection to the structure is presented.
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