Bioplastics and Petroleum-based Plastics: Strengths and Weaknesses

By F. Gironi, Vincenzo Piemonte. 2011

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Bioplastics as Better Alternative to Petroplastics and Their Role in National Sustainability: A Review (2017, background): “An alternative of that requires less valuable raw material such as agricultural waste and food industrial wastes [35].”
Bio-sourced polymers as alternatives to conventional food packaging materials: A review (2021, background): “However, the process condition should be controlled strictly to get a desirable result (Briassoulis & Dejean, 2010; Gironi & Piemonte, 2011).”
Biodegradation of Wasted Bioplastics in Natural and Industrial Environments: A Review (2020, background): “The energy requirement is lower for bioplastics (57 MJ kg−1) compared to conventional plastics (77 MJ kg−1) [88], which impacts global warming less [44]; however, bioplastics still have higher production costs than conventional plastics.”
Assessing the Environmental Sustainability of Food Packaging: An Extended Life Cycle Assessment including Packaging-Related Food Losses and Waste and Circularity Assessment (2019, background): “The same is true for the use of renewable materials: they are more circular than fossil-based materials; however, they can lead to adverse environmental effects such as increased eutrophication [95].”