Promising alternative to packaging could lower plastic industry's carbon footprint

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-09-alternative-packaging-plastic-industry-carbon.html

"convert sugars... 100% bio-based, recyclable and degradable polymer... superior... compared with PET... better barrier properties for CO2 and oxygen... lengthening shelf life of packaged products... higher strength... thinner packaging requiring fewer resources... 12 °C higher heat resistance than PET... FDCA (2,5-furandicarboxylic acid)... polymerized with plant-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG)... When fully technologically developed, PEF can also be produced from cellulose"

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