Biodegradation as Emerging Trend in Packaging

With the introduction of oil-based polymers such as poly[ethylene], poly[propylene], poly[styrene], poly[ethylene terephthalate] and poly[vinyl chloride] the packaging industry has been truly revolutionised. Despite the advances in polymer synthesis and processing, their end of life still poses a problem [159]. The first choice for processing plastic waste is reuse, but only some plastics can be reused after proper processing, and 

Already in the 1970s, some requirements were formulated for biodegradable materials [159]. If the materials are to be degraded in landfills, they should ideally  

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