Biobased plastics are substitutive materials for petroleum-based plastics; the interest has risen in
past years and their industrial production recently underwent an exponential growth (from 180 t in
2008 to 1 Mt in 2011). This rise is due to a market demand for environmentally friendly products, if
compared to traditional plastics. The biobased content of bioplastics gives them two major
advantages: they save fossil resources and potentially reduce GHG emissions, even if this issue
depends on the shelf-life of the product and its final disposal.