Discussion about suitable applications for biodegradable plastics regarding their sources, uses and end of life.
Biodegradable
Ecosafety
Plastic
Waste management
Journal
Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1879-2456
Titre abrégé: Waste Manag
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9884362
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Feb 2023
15 Feb 2023
Historique:
received:
27
07
2022
revised:
09
12
2022
accepted:
14
12
2022
pubmed:
29
12
2022
medline:
19
1
2023
entrez:
28
12
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This opinion paper offers a scientific view on the current debate of the place of biodegradable plastics as part of the solution to deal with the growing plastic pollution in the world's soil, aquatic, and marine compartments. Based on the current scientific literature, we focus on the current limits to prove plastic biodegradability and to assess the toxicity of commercially used biobased and biodegradable plastics in natural environments. We also discuss the relevance of biodegradable plastics for selected applications with respect to their use and end of life. In particular, we underlined that there is no universal biodegradability of plastics in any ecosystem, that considering the environment as a waste treatment system is not acceptable, and that the use of compostable plastics requires adaptation of existing organic waste collection and treatment channels.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36577275
pii: S0956-053X(22)00615-8
doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.12.022
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Biodegradable Plastics
0
Plastics
0
Soil
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
242-248Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.