Sustainable plastics : environmental assessments of biobased biodegradable and recycled plastics A vital resource for practitioners scientists researchers and students the text includes impacts of plastics including Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and sustainability strategies related to biobased plastics and petroleum based plastics as well as end of life options for petroleum and biobased plastics Providing guidelines for implementing sustainable practices for traditional petroleum based plastics biobased plastics and recycled plastics Sustainable Plastics and the Environment explains what sustainable plastics are why sustainable plastics are needed which sustainable plastics to use and how manufacturing companies can integrate them into their manufacturing operations. A vital resource for practitioners scientists researchers and students the text includes impacts of plastics including Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and sustainability strategies related to biobased plastics and petroleum based plastics as well as end of life options for petroleum and biobased plastics