title: Bioplastics.
abstract: The number of newly developed bioplastics has increased sharply in recent years and innovative polymer materials are increasingly present on the plastics market. Bioplastics are not, however, a completely new kind of material, but rather a rediscovered class of materials within the familiar group of materials known as plastics. Therefore, existing knowledge from the plastics sector can and should be transferred to bioplastics in order to further increase their performance, material diversity and market penetration.
authors.affiliation: IfBB - Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover, Heisterbergallee 12, D-30453, Hanover, Germany. hans-josef.endres@hs-hannover.de.
authors.forename: Hans-Josef
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Endres
mesh_terms: D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000639:trends; D010969:Plastics / Q000737:chemistry / Q000191:economics; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D011108:Polymers
keywords: Biobased; Biocomposites; Biodegradability; Bioplastic types; Bioplastics; Processing; Properties; Utilization