Recommendations for replacing PET on packaging, fiber, and film materials with biobased counterparts

• DOI: 10.1039/d1gc02082j
• Publication Date: 2021-11-10T15:13:33Z
• Authors: Andreia F. Sousa; Rafael Patrício; Zoi Terzopoulou; Dimitrios N. Biki...; Tobias Stern; Julia Wenger; Katja Loos; Nadia Lotti; Valentina Siracusa; Anna Szymczyk; Sandra Paszkiewicz; Konstantinos S. T...; Alexandra Zamboulis; Marija S. Nikolic; Pavle Spasojevic; Shanmugam Thiyaga...; Daan S. van Es; Nathanael Guigo

What are the most promising biobased PET replacements? Are they economically feasible? Are they sustainable? Industrially feasible? In the future, PET will certainly be replaced by more than one option,e.g., PEF, PTF, bio-PET, and PLA.