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Recommendations for replacing PET on packaging, fiber, and film materials with biobased counterparts
Green Chemistry2021
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Zoi Terzopoulou,
Sandra Paszkiewicz,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Andreia F. Sousa,
Zoi Terzopoulou,
Alexandra Zamboulis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Sandra Paszkiewicz,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Valentina Siracusa,
Alexandra Zamboulis,
Alexandra Zamboulis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Zoi Terzopoulou,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Rafael Patrício,
Rafael Patrício,
Andreia F. Sousa,
Zoi Terzopoulou,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Alexandra Zamboulis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Tobias Stern,
Nadia Lotti,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Zoi Terzopoulou,
Zoi Terzopoulou,
Alexandra Zamboulis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Daan S. van Es,
Alexandra Zamboulis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Alexandra Zamboulis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Katja Loos,
Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Zoi Terzopoulou,
Tobias Stern,
Tobias Stern,
Valentina Siracusa,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Julia Wenger,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Katja Loos,
Katja Loos,
Nadia Lotti,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Shanmugam Thiyagarajan,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Nadia Lotti,
Nadia Lotti,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Valentina Siracusa,
Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Anna Szymczyk,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis,
Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis,
Sandra Paszkiewicz,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Nathanaël Guigo
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Andreia F. Sousa,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris,
Alexandra Zamboulis,
Marija S. Nikolić,
Pavle Spasojević,
Shanmugam Thiyagarajan,
Daan S. van Es,
Nathanaël Guigo
Summary
This perspective reviewed the most promising biobased alternatives to PET (including PEF, PTF, bio-PET, and PLA), assessing their economic feasibility, industrial scalability, and environmental sustainability as the packaging and fiber industries seek to reduce fossil plastic dependence.
What are the most promising biobased PET replacements? Are they economically feasible? Are they sustainable? Industrially feasible? In the future, PET will certainly be replaced by more than one option, e.g. , PEF, PTF, bio-PET, and PLA.