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To be, or not to be biodegradable… that is the question for the bio-based plastics. [PDF]
Microb Biotechnol, 2016 Summary Global warming, market and production capacity are being the key drivers for selecting the main players for the next decades in the market of bio‐based plastics. The drop‐in bio‐based polymers such as the bio‐based polyethylene terephtalate (PET) or polyethylene (PE), chemically identical to their petrochemical counterparts ...
Prieto A.
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Petroleum-Based Plastics Versus Bio-Based Plastics: A Review [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2023 Plastic needs have expanded along with population growth, industrialization, and urbanization. Plastic is unrivaled due to its useful properties and is used to prepare numerous important goods daily.
Shikha Kumari, Alka Rao, Manjeet Kaur and Geeta Dhania
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Recycling, 2022 Transforming the plastic industry toward producing more sustainable alternatives than conventional plastics, as an essential enabler of the bio-based circular economy (CE), requires reinforcing initiatives to drive solutions from the lab to the market ...
Tetiana Shevchenko +2 more
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Transition to bio-based plastic packaging reveals complex climate–biodiversity trade-offs [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPlastics are a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss, with packaging accounting for around 40% of European plastic production. Bio-based plastics are often promoted as a climate-friendly alternative, yet their broader
Bilal Erradhouani +3 more
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Impact of Bio-Based Plastics on Current Recycling of Plastics [PDF]
Sustainability, 2018 Bio-based plastics are increasingly appearing in a range of consumption products, and after use they often end up in technical recycling chains. Bio-based plastics are different from fossil-based ones and could disturb the current recycling of plastics and hence inhibit the closure of plastic cycles, which is undesirable given the current focus on a ...
Luc Alaerts +2 more
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Resources, 2020 The bio-based plastic market is forecast to grow in the next years. With a growing market share and product range, the implementation of circular thinking is becoming more and more important also for bio-based plastics to enable a sound circular economy ...
Venkateshwaran Venkatachalam +2 more
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Reflections on bio-based PET and plastic waste management: a responsible research and innovation approach [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPlastics drive twin crises: persistent pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Bio-based approaches using enzymes and microorganisms to depolymerise plastics and valorise monomers show promise but raise societal, ethical and regulatory questions central ...
Joanne Benton +3 more
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Biodegradable bio-based plastics: Compostable or recyclable?
eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2022 editorial
Tamás Tábi
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Leveraging biogenic resources to achieve global plastic decarbonization by 2050 [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThere is a rising urgency to decarbonize plastic production given its high carbon footprint and rapid growth in demand. Here, we highlight pathways for carbon uptake and temporary storage (i.e., net-negative greenhouse gas emissions) for plastics on a ...
Elisabeth Van Roijen, Sabbie A. Miller
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Effect of Innovative Bio-Based Plastics on Early Growth of Higher Plants [PDF]
Polymers, 2023 Ewa Liwarska-Bizukojc
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