Curing our Addiction to Fossil and Nonbiodegradable Plastics: Steps Ahead
Petri Vasara, Pongpatchara Pongpiriyakan, Tomi Nyman, Hannele Lehtinen, Idil-Nazlı Aktüre, Olli Laukkanen · BioResources · 2019
We are suffering from a global plastic addiction. Ways to curb it include the decreasing of plastic end uses and substituting fossil and non-biodegradable plastics with more sustainable alternatives such as bioplastics, cellulosic fibre-based solutions, and recycled plastics. We have the problem of choice: among hundreds of plastic end uses and potential substitutes, how do we pick the best options for each case – financially, socially, and environmentally? How do we support companies, authorities, and consumers with extensive knowledge encapsulated in advanced yet usable decision support? Answers may lie in data mining as a basis.