Following a mild decline as a result of the 2008 financial crisis, the production of plastics increases continuously, and in 2010, it reached the value of 265 Mt worldwide and 57 Mt in Europe [1]. In the same year, European plastics converters processed 46.4 million tons into products, approximately 40% of these being short service life applications, mainly for packaging purposes, resulting in 24.7 Mt of post-consumer waste [1]. Not surprisingly, the related environmental concerns have also increased in recent decades strengthening efforts to reduce the ecological effect of polymeric materials. In 2009, for the first time in Europe, the amount of plastics waste utilized exceeded the amount going into landfills. This favorable tendency continued in the next year as well with 6 Mt being recycled into new products, 8.3 Mt converted into energy and 10.4 Mt deposited in landfills [1]. For the treatment of certain waste streams, however, composting proved to be the most advantageous method [2], thus biodegradable and compostable polymers have also found application in various fields.