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Plastics,
Designers, plastics manufacturers, plastics processors, design firms, marketers, consultants and researchers.
Biobased plastics, as a new category of materials, are still under development. This means that existing design and materials manuals still contain little to no information about them. This publication aims to fill some of this gap.
Biobased plastics are plastics made from renewable materials. They are relatively new plastics that, because they rely on an inexhaustible source of raw materials, theoretically offer numerous opportunities for manufacturing sustainable products. In this publication, we discuss those
opportunities and highlights challenges that designers and producers face when working with biobased plastics. Practical tools, inspiring examples and handouts are presented that make working with these materials easier.
This publication is one of the results of the research project "Design Challenges with Biobased Plastics" of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
Go to the publication You go to a Dutch versionThe Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) is a knowledge institution offering a wide range of higher vocational education. By linking education and practice-oriented research, the HvA contributes to the renewal of professional practice. Circular design at the HvA includes research and education at various HvA faculties.
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