The plastics problem: are natural alternatives doing more harm than good?

Advances in bioplastics mean they have ever more uses in packaging – but do they encourage a disposable culture?

They sound more at home on a beach than in a laboratory – but shrimp shells and algae are just…

Full text: https://www.theguardian.com/business-to-business/2017/oct/31/the-plastics-problem-are-natural-alternatives-doing-more-harm-than-good

Author

Olivia Boyd

Source

The Guardian, 2017-10-31.

Supplier

Ellen MacArthur Foundation
European Bioplastics e.V.
Full Cycle Bioplastics
Plastic Oceans Foundation
TerraCycle
University of Loughborough
University of Wolverhampton

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