FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Discussion about suitable applications for biodegradable plastics regarding their sources, uses and end of life BT AF Paul-Pont, Ika Ghiglione, Jean-François Gastaldi, Emmanuelle Ter Halle, Alexandra Huvet, Arnaud Bruzaud, Stéphane Lagarde, Fabienne Galgani, Francois Duflos, Guillaume George, Matthieu Fabre, Pascale AS 1:1,10;2:2,10;3:3,10;4:4,10;5:10;6:5,10,11;7:6,10;8:7,10;9:8,10;10:9,10;11:9,10; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-RBE-PHYTNESS;6:;7:;8:PDG-RBE;9:;10:;11:; C1 Univ Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD, LEMAR, F‐29280, Plouzané, France CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), UMR 7621, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Banyuls sur mer, France INRAE, Univ Montpellier, IATE, Montpellier, France IMRCP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL), Université Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, Lorient, France Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM, UMR CNRS 6283), Le Mans Université, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, F-72085 Le Mans, France IFREMER/ RMPF, Tahiti, Polynésie Française ANSES – Laboratoire de Sécurité des Aliments, Boulevard du Bassin Napoléon, F-62200, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C), UMR 5221 CNRS-UM, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, France GDR 2050 Polymères et Océans, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, France Univ Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD, LEMAR, F‐29280, Plouzané, France C2 CNRS, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE INRAE, FRANCE UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE UBS, FRANCE UNIV LE MANS, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE ANSES, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST TAHITI SE PDG-RBE-PHYTNESS PDG-RBE UM LEMAR IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-univ-france IF 8.1 TC 15 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00813/92536/102393.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Keywords;Plastic;Biodegradable;Ecosafety;Waste management AB This opinion paper offers a scientific view on the current debate of the place of biodegradable plastics as part of the solution to deal with the growing plastic pollution in the world's soil, aquatic, and marine compartments. Based on the current scientific literature, we focus on the current limits to prove plastic biodegradability and to assess the toxicity of commercially used biobased and biodegradable plastics in natural environments. We also discuss the relevance of biodegradable plastics for selected applications with respect to their use and end of life. In particular, we underlined that there is no universal biodegradability of plastics in any ecosystem, that considering the environment as a waste treatment system is not acceptable, and that the use of compostable plastics requires adaptation of existing organic waste collection and treatment channels. PY 2023 PD FEB SO Waste Management SN 0956-053X PU Elsevier BV VL 157 UT 000972939800001 BP 242 EP 248 DI 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.12.022 ID 92536 ER EF