Biodegradable plastics are transforming one of humanity’s most persistent waste streams. Early bioplastics were weak, expensive and inconsistent. But by 2020, new polymer science delivered:

• Advanced PLA blends
• PHA derived from bacterial fermentation
• Compostable packaging films
• Marine-biodegradable materials
• High-strength starch polymers

These plastics degrade naturally, reducing environmental persistence.

Their production emits fewer greenhouse gases and uses renewable feedstock.

Bioplastics will not replace every polymer — but they will replace the plastics that end up everywhere.