Biodegradable Polymers Market Value

August 22, 2018

Led by Western Europe, increasing regulations and bans against plastic bags and other single-use plastic items such as drinking straws is driving growing demand for biodegradable plastics. The current market value of biodegradable plastics exceeds $1.1 billion in 2018 but could reach $1.7 billion by 2023. Biodegradable or compostable polymers are bio-based or fossil-fuel-based polymers (plastics) that undergo microbial decomposition to carbon dioxide and water in industrial or municipal compost facilities. A few of these polymers decompose in backyard compost bins or in soil, freshwater or saltwater.

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