In this context,
environmental studies are increasingly being developed in order to
identify the best options to be practiced per analysed biomaterial. For
instance, Hermann et al. (2011) and Guo et al. (2013) performed assessments
of global environmental impact as well as carbon and energy
footprints in order to compare different end-of-life scenarios for series
of biomaterials. Moreover, the use of bioplastics would enable reduced
exploitation of non-renewable primary-energy resources as well as reduced
emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) (Mohanty et al., 2000).