Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy.
Bologna Unit, National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Firenze, Italy.
FEBS Open Bio. 2021 Apr;11(4):967-983. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13119.
Building new value chains, through the valorization of biomass components for the development of innovative bio-based products (BBPs) aimed at specific market sectors, will accelerate the transition from traditional production technologies to the concept of biorefineries. Recent studies aimed at mapping the most relevant innovations undergoing in the field of BBPs (Fabbri et al. 2019, Final Report of the Task 3 BIOSPRI Tender Study on Support to R&I Policy in the Area of Bio-based Products and Services, delivered to the European Commission (DG RTD)), clearly showed the dominant position played by the plastics sector, in which new materials and innovative technical solutions based on renewable resources, concretely contribute to the achievement of relevant global sustainability goals. New sustainable solutions for the plastic sector, either bio-based or bio-based and biodegradable, have been intensely investigated in recent years. The global bioplastics and biopolymers market size is expected to grow from USD 10.5 billion in 2020 to USD 27.9 billion by 2025 (Markets and Markets, 2020, Bioplastics & Biopolymers Market by Type (Non-Biodegradable/Bio-Based, Biodegradable), End-Use Industry (Packaging, Consumer Goods, Automotive & Transportation, Textiles, Agriculture & Horticulture), Region - Global Forecast to 2025), and this high growth is driven primarily by the growth of the global packaging end-use industry. Such relevant opportunities are the outcomes of intensive scientific and technological research devoted to the development of new materials with selected technical features, which can represent feasible substitutes for the fossil-based plastic materials currently used in the packaging sectors and other main fields. This article offers a map of the latest developments connected to the plastic sector, achieved through the application of biotechnological routes for the preparation of completely new polymeric structures, or drop-in substitutes derived from renewable resources, and it describes the specific role played by biotechnology in promoting and making this transition faster.
构建新的价值链，通过对生物质成分进行增值，开发针对特定市场领域的创新生物基产品（BBPs），将加速从传统生产技术向生物精炼厂概念的转变。最近的研究旨在绘制 BBPs 领域正在进行的最相关创新的图谱（Fabbri 等人，2019 年，支持生物基产品和服务领域 R&I 政策的 BIOSPRI Tender 研究任务 3 的最终报告，提交给欧盟委员会（DG RTD）），清楚地表明塑料部门占据主导地位，其中基于可再生资源的新材料和创新技术解决方案，具体有助于实现相关的全球可持续性目标。近年来，人们对塑料部门的新型可持续解决方案（生物基或生物基和可生物降解）进行了深入研究。全球生物塑料和生物聚合物市场规模预计将从 2020 年的 105 亿美元增长到 2025 年的 279 亿美元（Markets and Markets，2020 年，生物塑料和生物聚合物市场按类型（不可生物降解/生物基、可生物降解）、最终用途行业（包装、消费品、汽车和运输、纺织品、农业和园艺）、地区-全球预测至 2025 年），这种高增长主要是由全球包装最终用途行业的增长驱动的。这些相关机会是密集的科学和技术研究的结果，这些研究致力于开发具有选定技术特性的新材料，可以作为目前用于包装行业和其他主要领域的基于化石的塑料材料的可行替代品。本文提供了与塑料部门相关的最新发展的图谱，这些发展是通过应用生物技术路线来制备全新的聚合物结构或来自可再生资源的即用型替代品来实现的，并描述了生物技术在促进和加速这一转变方面所发挥的具体作用。
