Evaluation of raw materials for the sustainability improvements of single-use plastic shoppers

From an environmental point of view, the improvement on bio-based technologies to produce “Green-plastics” could contribute to improve the sustainability of single-use items. In this frame, the present work investigates raw materials for producing single-use plastic shoppers so that they might increase their sustainability. Two approaches have been addressed: first the reuse of regenerated materials recovered from internal wastes from traditional oil-based polymers, and, as an alternative, the use (and possibility of reuse) of biodegradable bio-based plastics. Hence different raw materials were analysed and their properties discussed.