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MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue 5, Pages 652-657Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12393
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- European Union [311815]
- Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme [633962, 679050]
- Community of Madrid [P2013/MIT2807]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy [BIO201344878R, BIO2014-61515-EXP]
- H2020 Societal Challenges Programme [679050] Funding Source: H2020 Societal Challenges Programme
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Global warming, market and production capacity are being the key drivers for selecting the main players for the next decades in the market of bio-based plastics. The drop-in bio-based polymers such as the bio-based polyethylene terephtalate (PET) or polyethylene (PE), chemically identical to their petrochemical counterparts but having a component of biological origin, are in the top of the list. They are followed by new polymers such as PHA and PLA with a significant market growth rate since 2014 with projections to 2020. Research will provide improved strains designed through synthetic and systems biology approaches; furthermore, the use of low-cost substrates will contribute to the widespread application of these bio-based polymers. The durability of plastics is not considered anymore as a virtue, and interesting bioprospecting strategies to isolate microorganisms for assimilating the recalcitrant plastics will pave the way for in vivo strategies for plastic mineralization. In this context, waste management of bio-based plastic will be one of the most important issues in the near future in terms of the circular economy. There is a clear need for standardized labelling and sorting instructions, which should be regulated in a coordinated way by policy-makers and material producers.
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