GB2471301A - Biodegradation of material by action of plant roots - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method of enhancing the biodegradation of biodegradable material is disclosed where the addition of plant nutrients to a plant growth medium containing biodegradable material stimulates root growth which in turn stimulates the biodegradation processes, thus releasing further plant nutrients.
Description
The Addition of Plant Nutrients into the Composition of Biodegradable Materials to Enable Accelerated Decomposition.
Descrption of present invention The addition of plant nutrients into the composition of biodegradable materials to enable the material to break down into the soil at a faster rate while at the same time feeding and fertilizing plant life. When plant roots, detect a high concentration of nutrients in the soil they release a substance called Exudate, which stimulates microbe growth. The microbes attack and break down the material to extract the nutrients for the plant roots to absorb.
Background Information
There appears to be no universally agreed time scale in which biodegradable materials should break down, only that they should eventually decompose and be reabsorbed into the soil.
Biodegradable materials need to be composted and reduced to humus before being suitable to sustain or promote plant life. In order to decompose, plastics, paper, wood and metals need air, water and naturally occurring microorganisms. However the anaerobic conditions often found in landfill sites are not conducive to the survival of these microorganisms and therefore the effective decomposition of even biodegradable materials is impaired and can be prolonged indefinitely.
The biodegradability of material depends on microorganisms to metabolize the molecular structure to produce inert humus like material that is less harmful to the environment. Biodegradable plastics may be composed of raw materials that are derived from renewable sources or, from petroleum based components with the addition of an additive. A potential environmental disadvantage of all biodegradable materials is that the carbon that is locked up in them is released into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas.
There is no net gain in carbon dioxide emissions with biodegradable plastics from natural materials, such as vegetable crop derivatives or animal products, however these plastics require a very specific environment to biodegrade such as those found only in professional composting facilities.
Plants require sixteen essential nutrients which are obtained from soil, light and air. The nutrients are: Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous, Potassium, Nitrogen, Sulphur, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Molybdenum, Boron, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, and Chlorine. In the natural environment these nutrients are supplied by the decay of plants that have died, worms and bugs burrowing through the soil churn it up transporting nutrients through the soil to where the plants need it. In intensive agricultural systems the amount of nutrients that plants require is too much to be provided by the soil alone, and therefore synthetic fertilizers are added which are manufactured to contain the right amount of nutrients.
The two main functions of plant roots are first to absorb water and inorganic nutrients and second to anchor the plant body. Roots will generally grow in any direction where the correct environment of air, mineral nutrients and water exists to meet the plants needs.
Claims (5)
- Ctaims 1. When materials with added plant nutrients are buried in soil where plants are growing the roots of the plants actively seek out and attack the material to extract the nutrients from it.
- 2. Biodegradable materials wfth added plant nutrients, when buried in soil wfth plant life can degrade in as little as 10 days and are absorbed by plants giving nutritional benefit.
- 3. Adding plant nutrients to biodegradable material during the manufacturing process facilitates the degradation process of the plastic and the fertilization of the plants to occur simultaneously.
- 4. Plastic with the addition of plant nutrients will biodegrade and be absorbed in a much shorter time than conventional biodegradable plastic.
- 5. The addition of plant nutrients into a material encourages the plants roots to attack and break it down faster, creating a symbiotic relationship between manufactured material and the plant.
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| GB0910918A GB2471301A (en) | 2009-06-24 | 2009-06-24 | Biodegradation of material by action of plant roots |
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| GB0910918A GB2471301A (en) | 2009-06-24 | 2009-06-24 | Biodegradation of material by action of plant roots |
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| US20040101945A1 (en) * | 2002-11-26 | 2004-05-27 | Bogan William Wayne | Method and system for plant/bacterial phytoremediation |
| WO2005063655A2 (en) * | 2003-12-31 | 2005-07-14 | Toom Pungas | Organic-mineral fertilizer and method to produce it |
| WO2008009051A1 (en) * | 2006-07-19 | 2008-01-24 | Environmental & Earth Sciences International Pty Ltd | Soil remediation by treating soil with surfactant followed by aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon |
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| US20040101945A1 (en) * | 2002-11-26 | 2004-05-27 | Bogan William Wayne | Method and system for plant/bacterial phytoremediation |
| WO2005063655A2 (en) * | 2003-12-31 | 2005-07-14 | Toom Pungas | Organic-mineral fertilizer and method to produce it |
| WO2008009051A1 (en) * | 2006-07-19 | 2008-01-24 | Environmental & Earth Sciences International Pty Ltd | Soil remediation by treating soil with surfactant followed by aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon |
Non-Patent Citations (5)
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| Bioremediation of contaminated soils by Donald Lee Wise. See esp. Chapter 18. * |
| Secondary metabolites in soil ecology by Petr Karlovsky. See esp. section 3.5. * |
| www.engg.ksu.edu/hsrc/phytorem/vegenhance.html * |
| www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a713610299&fulltext=713240928 * |
| www.kirj.ee/public/oilshale/18_truu_2003_3s.pdf * |
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