Bioplastics for a circular economy | RDL Research Database

Keywords

BioplasticCircular economyLife-cycle assessmentCarbon footprintRenewable energyProduction (economics)Raw materialBusinessNatural resource economicsEnvironmental economicsGreenhouse gasWaste managementEngineeringEconomics

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology US

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Year: 2022
Type: review
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Pages: 117-137
Citations: 1696
Access: Closed

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                                    Jan‐Georg Rosenboom, 
                                
                                    Róbert Langer, 
                                
                                    Giovanni Traverso
                                
                            (2022). 
                            Bioplastics for a circular economy. 
                            Nature Reviews Materials
                            , 7
                            (2)
                            , 117-137.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00407-8

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DOI: 10.1038/s41578-021-00407-8