Life cycle assessments of biodegradable, commercial biopolymers—A critical review

By Madeleine Yates, C. Y. Barlow. 2013

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Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions (2021, background): “, 2013), and aspects of comparative environmental efficiency between bioplastics and petrochemical plastics (Hottle et al., 2013; Spierling et al., 2018a; Yates and Barlow, 2013).”
Sustainability of bioplastics: Opportunities and challenges (2018, neutral): “many more [17].”
Wood polymer composites and their contribution to cascading utilisation (2016, background): “Another point of discussion are the discrepancies in data bases available for novel materials like biopolymers which make the reliability of LCAs questionable (Hermann et al., 2010; Hottle et al., 2013; Yates and Barlow, 2013).”
Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum‐based plastics: how far are we? (2017, background): “renewable resources are readily biodegradable (Tokiwa et al., 2009; Soroudi and Jakubowicz, 2013; Yates and Barlow, 2013; Andrady, 2015d; Prieto, 2016).”
Life-cycle and environmental impact assessments on processing of plant fibres and its bio-composites: A critical review (2020, background): “Assessment comparisons of existing materials are made for the bio-based plastics and composites where LCA is based on mass or volume production [51,52].”