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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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Effect of Innovative Bio-Based Plastics on Early Growth of Higher Plants [PDF]
Polymers, 2023 Plastic particles are widespread in the environment including the terrestrial ecosystems. They may change the physicochemical properties of soil and subsequently affect plant growth.
Ewa Liwarska-Bizukojc
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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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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 ...
Michael Augustinus +2 more
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Policy Gaps and Opportunities in Bio-Based Plastics: Implications for Sustainable Food Packaging. [PDF]
FoodsThe increasing use of bio-based and/or biodegradable plastics reflects a global push towards more sustainable materials. In the context of food packaging, where plastic waste and contamination risks are acute, these materials offer promising alternatives.
Leal Filho W +8 more
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Bio-Based Plastics Production, Impact and End of Life: A Literature Review and Content Analysis
Sustainability, 2022 The accumulation of plastic wastes is one of the most widely spread problems affecting the environment. The reality that plastics can be made from renewable resources and degrade naturally has prompted academics to think outside the box to develop ...
Xianhua Liu +2 more
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An extended hybrid input-output model applied to fossil- and bio-based plastics. [PDF]
MethodsX, 2021 Highlights • Method enables analyses of bioeconomy transitions.• Step-by-step guide to building an extended hybrid input-output model.• Applied to the case of plastics substitution in Germany using process and industry data.• Flexibility in the model to ...
Jander W.
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Sustainability, 2021 Bio-plastics are rapidly growing in popularity, and many new techniques and approaches are emerging as a result of intensive research and development (R&D) activities. Many industries worldwide are installing their new production capability. Bio-plastics
Gusman Nawanir +2 more
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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 ...
Zahra Shams Esfandabadi +2 more
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State of the art on biodegradability of bio-based plastics containing polylactic acid
Frontiers in MaterialsBio-based plastics represent an opportunity to reduce the impact of petroleum-based plastics on the environment, leading to harmful effects on both terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
Christine Lors +3 more
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