Biodegradable and bio-based polymers: future prospects of eco-friendly plastics.

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Abstract

Currently used plastics are mostly produced from petrochemical products, but there is a growing demand for eco-friendly plastics. The use of bio-based plastics, which are produced from renewable resources, and biodegradable plastics, which are degraded in the environment, will lead to a more sustainable society and help us solve global environmental and waste management problems.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.

Title: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN (Electronic): 1521-3773

ISSN (Print): 1433-7851

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 09 2015

Volume: 54

Issue: 11

Affiliations

[1 ] Laboratory of Science of Polymeric Materials, Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657 (Japan). atiwata@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

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DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410770

PubMed ID: 25583677

SO-VID: 4496006a-3aef-40ab-b027-c4dfbf1956cd

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Keywords: bio-based plastics,biodegradable plastics,polymers

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Keywords: bio-based plastics, biodegradable plastics, polymers

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