ABSTRACT
Francesco Degli Innocenti1,∗, Francesco Razza2, Maurizio Fieschi3, and Catia Bastiol1 1Novamont, Via Fauser 8, 28100 Novara, Italy
19.1. Environmental Impact of Polymers, Plastic Products, and Packaging
Sustainable development, availability of fossil and renewable resources, global climate change, and waste reduction are increasingly dominating the political and industrial agendas. Therefore, the relevance of the environmental performance of processes, products, and services in decision making is rapidly growing [1]. This will mean to address current production, consumption, and disposal systems, to improve them by producing and consuming in smarter ways, and to implement better approaches working with the earth resources, uncovering new and more sustainable ways of growing and boosting economics [2].
