Recommendations for replacing PET on packaging, fiber, and film materials with biobased counterparts
Andreia F. Sousa, Rafael Patrício, Zoi Terzopoulou, Dimitrios Ν. Bikiaris, Tobias Stern, Julia Wenger, Katja Loos, Nadia Lotti, Valentina Siracusa, Anna Szymczyk, Sandra Paszkiewicz, Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis, Alexandra Zamboulis, Marija S. Nikolić, Pavle Spasojević, Shanmugam Thiyagarajan, Daan S. van Es, Nathanaël Guigo
Abstract
What are the most promising biobased PET replacements? Are they economically feasible? Are they sustainable? Industrially feasible? In the future, PET will certainly be replaced by more than one option, e.g. , PEF, PTF, bio-PET, and PLA.
Topics & Concepts
FiberFood packagingMaterials sciencePolymer scienceComposite materialChemical engineeringChemistryFood scienceEngineeringbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesPolymer crystallization and properties