Does This Patent Signal a Turning Point in Sustainable Plastics?

The new US patent for a “lignin-based bioplastic material” is restrictive in its wording, but the process has potential to be far-reaching

Only about one-half of one percent of the 400 million tons of plastics produced globally each year are bioplastics Lignin…

Full text: https://www.plasticstoday.com/biopolymers/does-this-patent-signal-a-turning-point-in-sustainable-plastics-

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Paul D.Q. Campbell

Source

Plastics Today, 2024-02-28.

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European Bioplastics e.V.
UPM Corporation

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