Sustainable Plastics

Thus far, the book has reviewed the application of plastics in achieving various sustainable development agendas. This includes sustainable energy generation, water resource conservation, sustainable mobility, and more. Here, we look at how plastics themselves can be made sustainable. Within the scope of this book, sustainable plastics refer to plastics that can be produced, utilized, and disposed of in a way that does not lead to the degradation of the environment or depletion of limited resources. The goal here is to explore the different approaches that have been presented to achieve a closed-loop circular plastic economy.