BioPlastics–Emerging Materials for a Circular Economy
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2018) | Viewed by 257
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polymeric materials from renewable resources; biodegradable polymer systems; engineering and design of natural–synthetic polymer graft and block copolymers; polymer blends; studies in reactive extrusion processing, biobased and recyclable composites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This special issue focuses on “biobased” plastics derived from plant-biomass resources (the beginning of life of the plastic) and “biodegradable-compostable” plastics representing an environmentally responsible end-of-life for the plastics. Chemical recycling offers another responsible end-of-life for bioplastics. These represents essential elements of the circular economy. Articles will report on new materials as well as process innovations, industrially relevant bioplastics, and its respnsible end-of-life strategies. Standards, certifications, and regulatory framework articles around the world will be included. Articles in this special issue provides the present state of the science & technology in the bioplastics space and a vision for its future.
Prof. Ramani NarayanGuest Editor
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Keywords
- bioplastics
- biobased plastics
- compostability
- biodegradable
- carbon footprint
- circular economy
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