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Bioplastic

  • Glossary item | Last updated: 04 Jan 2021

The term “bioplastics” should ideally be avoided. It is preferable to use bio-based plastic if it is a plastic derived from biomass or biodegradable plastic if it biodegrades. Both categories overlap but there also are bio-based plastics that are not biodegradable as well as biodegradable plastics that are not bio-based.

Nova-Institute, 2014, 'Annex V' in Study on "Methodology framework for the bioeconomy observatory"' - BISO Project - January 2014.

Source category: Scientific & Technical Literature

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