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Policy Brief: The global plastics treaty: What is the role of bio-based plastic, biodegradable plastic and bioplastic? (possible core obligation 8)

  • 1. ROR icon University of Plymouth
  • 2. ROR icon Food Packaging Forum Foundation
  • 3. ROR icon Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris
  • 4. ROR icon Massey University
  • 5. ROR icon University of Geneva
  • 6. Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne
  • 7. ROR icon Anglia Ruskin University
  • 8. ROR icon University College Cork
  • 9. ROR icon Norwegian Institute for Water Research

Description

This policy brief covers alternatives to conventional, durable fossil-based plastics. It addresses their potential advantages and disadvantages, limitations and risks as well as the role of the Global Plastics Treaty.

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