Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.4784
Publisher DOI: 10.3390/su142416476
Title: Challenges and strategies for bio-based and biodegradable plastic waste management in Europe
Language: English
Authors: Stasiskiene, Zaneta 
Barbir, Jelena 
Draudviliene, Lina 
Chong, Zhi Kai  
Kuchta, Kerstin  
Voronova, Viktoria 
Leal, Walter Filho 
Keywords: bioplastics sector; bio-based and biodegradable plastics market; waste management strategy; bio-economy
Issue Date: 9-Dec-2022
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Source: Sustainability 14 (24): 16476 (2022)
Abstract (english): 
In recent years, an increasing trend towards replacement of conventional fossil-based plastics with bio-based plastics was noticed, i.e., production of plastics partly or fully made from biomass is rapidly expanding. Currently, bio-based and biodegradable plastics have a very small market size, approximately only 1% of all plastics produced. However, the forecast of the global bioplastics production capacities predicts an increase from approximately 2.417 million tonnes in 2021 to approximately 7.593 million tonnes in 2026, more than three times the current capacity. Therefore, it is necessary to assess the challenges and identify the barriers for bio-based and biodegradable plastics for waste management and to evaluate the effectiveness of current plastic waste management strategies for the efficient waste management of bio-based and biodegradable plastics. The main barriers and motivators of the biodegradable and biodegradable plastics market that have been identified include macroeconomic factors, regulatory factors, technological factors, and social factors. The bio-based and biodegradable plastics have to be separately collected and treated under mostly controlled, regulated conditions. However, currently, there are no legal provisions providing for the separate collection of bio-based plastics, leading to their disposal with either hazardous waste, conventional plastics, or municipal waste. Since the effective plastic waste management strategy relates to good performance in each step of the waste management process, bio-based and biodegradable plastic waste management could, therefore, be based on an effective strategy for the management of plastic waste. However, there is a need for standardizing waste collection systems and creating a harmonized waste collection infrastructure, which would lead to effective sorting of bio-based plastic waste.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11420/14350
DOI: 10.15480/882.4784
ISSN: 2071-1050
Journal: Sustainability 
Other Identifiers: doi: 10.3390/su142416476
Institute: Circular Resource Engineering and Management V-11 
Document Type: Article
Project: Developing and Implementing Sustainability-Based Solutions for Bio-Based Plastic Production and Use to Preserve Land and Sea Environmental Quality in Europe 
License: CC BY 4.0 (Attribution) CC BY 4.0 (Attribution)
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