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Spiers Memorial Lecture: Compostable plastics: promise and pitfalls
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Plastics have enabled modern innovations through their unique attributes; which include a combination of light weight; durability; and cost-effectiveness. These characteristics; while central to their utility; have paradoxically contributed to the escalating plastic pollution crisis. No single approach can resolve this challenge; rather; it requires coordinated efforts with a diversity of strategies. Among them; compostable plastics have emerged as a particularly promising avenue. Under controlled conditions; such ephemeral plastics can degrade and transform into compost; offering environmental benefits that extend to soil; water; and agriculture. Nevertheless; substantial challenges remain before compostable plastics can achieve broad adoption and deliver their full promise. In this perspective; we (i) make the case for more widespread use of compostable plastics in the food packaging market; (ii) review labeling; infrastructure; and regulatory hurdles facing compostable-plastic adoption; and (iii) discuss the future of compostable-polymer research and development.
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