date:Oct 16, 2012
ty for bioplastics will increase from around 1.2 million tons in 2011 to approximately 5.8 million tons by 2016.
By far the strongest growth will be in the biobased, non-biodegradable bioplastics group.
Especially the so-called drop-in solutions, such as bio-ppbased versions of bulk plastics like PE and PET, that merely differ from their conventional counterparts in terms of their renewable raw material base, are building up large capacities.
Leading the field is partially biobased PET, which