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Mythbusting: Biomaterials and Bioplastics are the Same

Experimental lab sample with biomaterials / Source: Shutterstock
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Sophie Benson

Biomaterials and bioplastics are often conflated. However, the two are markedly different in source, production, use, and end of life impact. Many people emphasise the ‘bio’ and not the ‘plastic’, but the latter is the part we should really be paying attention to.

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