5. We have no place to hide!!
Food Safety & Food
Quality
Environmental
Quality
ONE-HEALTH
Public Health
Animal Health
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6. Plastics Have Changed Our Lives!
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7. The Need is Urgent
• High Performance and multi-functional plastics
• Plastics that can degrade in land and water
• Plastics made from agricultural wastes
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8. Bioplastics
Environment
(Soil, water, compost
Marine, sediment)
Microbial Degradation
Polymer chains with
Susceptible linkages
CO2 + H2O + cell biomass
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9. Bioplastics
• Bio-based content
– Made from renewable biomass sources
• Vegetable fats & oils
• Starch-based (corn, potato, tree-based cellulose)
• Biodegradable under defined conditions
• Properties similar to traditional petroleum based
plastics
• Bioplas
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11. We already have the capability
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12. Bioplastic Industry value: ~ 3 $ billion
Demand (thousand metric tons)
116
242
North America
Western Europe
320
Asia/Pacific
347
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Other Regions
13. Bioplastic Industry Growth Areas
Global Bioplastic Production Capacity (%)
4.9 3.5
Asia
South America
46.3
Europe
45.1
North America
European Bioplastics, 2013
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14. Technology Transfer Training and
are Key!
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