Overview of the Degradable Plastic Market
Nadia Akram, Khalid Mahmood Zia, Muhammad Saeed, Waheed Gul Khan
Degradable plastic manufacturing has emerged as an eminent industry due to multiple range of products it offers to the consumers. The diversity induced by the usage of biomaterials lures the customer, making it even more popular for consumption. Degradable plastic industry is a market of multifarious products. The backlash on the massive plastics consumption is expected to be eradicated in the wake of the large business market of degradable plastics in the coming years. The supremacy of the degradable plastic market is not easy to evade by any means. The degradable plastic market is not a solitary market; instead, it encompasses the production, consumption and recycling industry as well. In order to triumph the status of a flourished market a joint venture by the leading companies need to be in harmony. The circular economy of the world is indispensable without a degradable plastic market in future.
Keywords
Bioplastics, Feed Stock, Circular Economy, Global Plastic Market, Degradable
Published online 4/1/2021, 14 pages
Citation: Nadia Akram, Khalid Mahmood Zia, Muhammad Saeed, Waheed Gul Khan, Overview of the Degradable Plastic Market, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 99, pp 179-192, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901335-8
Part of the book on Degradation of Plastics
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