ReviewChemSusChem2021
Biodegradable Plastics: Standards, Policies, and Impacts.
Review in ChemSusChem, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
72 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Improved Toughness of PLA/PBAT/Modified Bamboo Powder Composites Through Interfacial Regulation.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Microbial engineering for sustainable microplastic biodegradation: from enzyme redesign to synthetic consortia.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026Review
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- Synthesis and Complexation Behavior of Well-Defined Polyester-Based Polyelectrolytes with Varying Charge Densities and Hydrophobicities.Macromolecules · 2025Article
- Mechanically-robust and humidity-tunable self-destructive polymers enabled by hydrogen-bond nanoconfinement.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Elemental Trade-Off in the Selective Electro-Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol on Palladium-Silver/Nickel Electrodes.ChemSusChem · 2025Article
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- Biodegradation assessment tests of biopolymers in standardised water: different sources of variability.Biodegradation · 2025Article
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- Cellulose Acetates in Hydrothermal Carbonization: A Green Pathway to Valorize Residual Bioplastics.ChemSusChem · 2025Article
- Materials designed to degrade: structure, properties, processing, and performance relationships in polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers.Polymer chemistry · 2025Review
- Sustainable Solutions for Eye Drop Plastic Waste: Challenges, Innovations, and Environmental Impact.Journal of ophthalmology · 2025Review
12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. They are in our phones, clothes, bottles, and cars. Yet having improved our lives considerably, they now threaten our environment and our health. The associated carbon emissions and persistency of plastics challenge the fragile balance of many ecosystems. One solution is using biodegradable plastics. Ideally, such plastics are easily assimilated by microorganisms and disappear from our environment. This can help reduce the problems of climate change, microplastics, and littering. However, biodegradable plastics are still only a tiny portion of the global plastics market and require further efforts in research and commercialization. Here, a critical overview of the state of the art of biodegradable plastics is given. Using a material flow analysis, the challenges of the plastic market are highlighted, and with it the large market potential of biodegradable plastics. The environmental and socio-economic impact of plastics, government policies, standards and certifications, physico-chemical properties, and analytical techniques are covered. The Review concludes with a personal outlook on the future of bioplastics, based on our own experience with their development and commercialization.
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