Biobased global production

I he future of sustainable plastics can be described as excellent growth, especially for biobased plastics. In 2010, bioplastics comprise less than 1% of the 181 million metric tons of synthetic plastics (Nampoothiri et al. 2010). Biobased polymer production capacity is expected to triple from 3.5 million tons in 2011 to 12 million tons in 2020. Bioplastics are expected to comprise of 3% of the global polymer production in 2020 (Nova 2013). 

Although the interest in biobased surfactants has globally increased considerably in recent years, they still compete with difficulty against the chemically synthesized compounds on the surfactant market, due to their high production costs. 

Bastioli C., Global status of the production of biobased packaging materials, Starch/Starke, 53, 2001, 351-355. 

Dale BE, Kim S. Biomass refining global impact - the biobased economy of the 21st century. In Kamm B, Gruber PR, Kamm M, editors. Biorefineries - industrial processes and products, status quo and future directions, vol. 1. Weinheim (Germany) Wiley-VCH 2006. p. 41—66. 

According to a market study published by European Bioplastics on 16 December 2013, the Global Annual Production Capacity of biobased plastics has grown from approximately 1 million tonnes in 2010 to 1.4 million tonnes in 2012, and it is expected to grow to approximately 6.2 million tonnes in 2017 [116]. 

Adapted from European Bioplastics Annual Report in Global Annual Production Capacity of Biobased Plastics, Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites, University of Hannover, ... 

Global Carbon Cycle - Biobased Products Rationale... 

Bastioli C. Global Status of the production of biobased materials -(2001) Actin Conference Birmingham, UK-... 

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