Bioplastics & Biopolymers

Routes To Drop-In Monomers And Bioplastics

Plastics are made from many identical small particles called monomers. These monomers are strung together like a chain to form a polymer. Combination of monomers forms the polymers in plastic. Bio-based drop-in chemicals are bio-based versions of existing petrochemicals which have established markets. Bio-based drop-in chemicals usually differ from their petrochemical counterparts in price (mostly more expensive)and in environmental footprint (mostly lower).Regarding the ease of implementation, bio-based drop-in chemicals are easy to implement technically, as existing infrastructure can be used. However, due to their usually higher price compared to their fossil counterparts they are often not competitive. The drop-in bioplastics are more expensive than the original fossil based plastics, this may be due to Economy of scale, R&D and Price of raw material