A Review： Investigation of Bioplastics

作     者：Ezgi Bezirhan Arikan Havva Duygu Ozsoy 

作者机构：Department of Environmental Engineering Mersin University Mersin 33343 Turkey 

出 版 物：《Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture》 (土木工程与建筑（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第9卷第2期

页      面：188-192页

学科分类：083001[工学-环境科学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 

主　　题：Advantages of bioplastics bioplastics disadvantages of bioplastics standards sustainability. 

摘      要：Because of increasing environmental concerns/legislative pressure for plastics waste and rapid increases in the cost of petroleum, the development of ＂environmental friendly＂ materials has attracted extensive interest. Recently, bioplastics are one of the most innovative environmental friendly materials developed. Therefore, this paper will look at aspects of the bioplastics from the perspective of sustainability, advantages/disadvantages and standards. The global bioplastics market is thought to be growing at a rate of 20%-25% per year. They have some advantages such as lower carbon footprint, independence, energy efficiency, and eco-safety. However, they have some disadvantages such as high cost, recycling, reducing raw materials, misused of terms and lack of legislation. For the sustainability, recycling systems and production technology may be developed for bioplastics and by-product should be used for their production. Also, there is much standardization about them. It is important to have comparable international standard methods. Therefore, there is an urgent need to standardize all details. A new guide and standard for just bioplastics should be developed for production, usage and bioplastic waste management for every country in the world.