How do the varied, fast-evolving biobased polymers infiltrating the market degrade in different real-world settings? And what do stakeholders watching the biopolymers space care most about? These are among a mountain of questions answered in a recent 5 Gyres report. The authors looked at 22 materials in different U.S. regions and ecological conditions, from the East to West Coast, aiming to clear up some of the confusion around the degradation of natural polymers used in packaging.
