The environmental impact associated with fossil fuel-based polymers has paved the way to
explore biopolymer-based plastics, their properties, and their applications. Bioplastics are …

Upcycled foods contain unmarketable ingredients (eg, damaged food produce, by-products
and scraps from food preparation) that otherwise would not be directed for human …

Although Staudinger realized makromoleküles had enormous potential, he likely did not
anticipate the consequences of their universal adoption. With 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic …

Nowadays, a variety of methodologies are available to assess local, regional and global
impacts of human activities on ecosystems, which include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) …

For stakeholders and decision makers within the bioeconomy, it is important that
sustainability assessment methodologies be holistic, reliable, and accurate. Life cycle …

Environmental emergency awareness has been gaining momentum in recent years in the
composite manufacturing industry, with a new generation of composite materials minimizing …

This research focuses on assessing the results of achieving circular economy (CE) goals in
selected European countries for the period from 2010 to 2016. The European Union has …

In this study, we present the first life cycle assessment (LCA) of a self-healing styrene-
butadiene rubber (SBR) used in the production of marine fenders. Results show that a …

Due to the negative environmental impacts along the life cycle of fossil-based plastics, there
is an increased interest in the development of biobased and biodegradable plastics …

Introduction Climate change is one of the 21st century's biggest public health issues and
health care contributes up to 10% of the emissions of greenhouse gases in developed …