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Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2019 - #3: Biopolymer Materials Hit Their Stride

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. Join us as we look back at the best of 2019. Anne Marie Mohan's report on bioplastics and biopolymer adoption checks in at #3.

Biopolymer #3

In January of 2019, Anne Marie Mohan reported that the biopolymers market for packaging gets ready to take off, the range of bio-based renewable materials and the technologies being developed or used commercially continue to expand.

In Part I of Packaging World’s Biopolymers Special Report in the November 2017 issue, we discussed the “bounty of options for biopolymers.” While the article covered a number of advancements, the market is still a nascent one, albeit one expected to grow exponentially in the coming years.

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