Plastics from renewable sources as green and sustainable alternatives

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abstract

This appraisal provides an up-to-date overview of the existent renewable, biomass-derived, and more sustainable alternatives to conventional oil-based plastics, namely, high-market share polyolefins, polyesters, or polyamides. Special focus on polymers derived from ubiquitous carbohydrates and vegetable oils is provided. The end-of-life solutions are highlighted.

keywords

POLYESTERS; 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLATE); POLYMERIZATION; OILS

subject category

Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics

authors

Sousa, AF; Silvestre, AJD

our authors

foto Andreia Fernandes de Sousa

Andreia Fernandes de Sousa

Assistant Researcher
foto Armando Jorge Domingues Silvestre

Armando Jorge Domingues Silvestre

Full professor

Groups

G4 - Renewable Materials and Circular Economy

Projects

European network of FURan based chemicals and materials FOR a Sustainable development (FUR4Sustain)

CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)

CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)

acknowledgements

This publication is based on work from the COST Action FUR4Sustain-European network of FURan-based chemicals and materials for a sustainable devel-opment, CA18220, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) . This work was also supported within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020 & UIDP/50011/2020, financed by national funds through the FCTe FundacAo para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia/MEC and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. This research is also sponsored by national funds through FCT, under the project UIDB/00285/2020. FCT is also acknowledged for the research contract under Scientific Employment Stimulus to AFS (CEECIND/02322/2020) .

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Publication Details

type
Journal Article
year
2022
journal
CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
volume
33
article number
100557
publisher
ELSEVIER
issn
2452-2236
digital object identifier
10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100557
web of science article identifier
WOS:000721111400004

Journal Metrics (JCR 2019)

Journal Impact Factor
5.165
Journal Impact Factor (5 yrs)
Not Available
category normalized journal percentile
73.315

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