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17 Again,weusethetermsbiopolymerandbioplasticsinterchangeablyhere.
Plastics are a subset of polymers as already pointed out in a previous
chapter.

18 NatureWorks LLC, NatureWorks LLC Announces World's First
Greenhouse-Gas-Neutral Polymer. 2005.

19 Using agricultural subsidies (as with gasohol production for automobile
fuel market) is not a good strategy to expand bio-based plastic
production. Instead, the as yet undeveloped options of using agricultural
waste, weeds, and algae as biomass feedstock, that will not interfere with
the food supply need to be encouraged instead.

20 The detailed LCA reports are as yet not publicly available for review.

21 See, for instance, the Japanese patent JP2011219736 (Toray Ind. Inc.
2011) and the Coca-Cola patent and WO 2009120457 A2 2009 Coca-Cola
Co 2009.

22 Amyris Inc., Emeryville, Calif. ( www.amyris.com )

23 Oxygen barrier is six times and CO 2 is three times better than for PET.

24 Even a PLA-based fabric, Lactron, that is softer than cotton or polyester,
has been developed in Japan by the Japanese company Kanebo Gohsen
Ltd.

25 Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate- co -3-hydroxyvalerate), PHBV,

poly(3-hydroxybutyrate- co -4-hydroxybutyrate):
poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate- co -hydroxyhexanoate):
poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate- co -hydroxyhexanoate).

26 BASF markets Lupranol Balance 50, which is a polyol partially derived
from castor oil.