Minimising plastics waste: Is bioplastics the answer?
The plastics industry is doing its bit to help nurture a greener earth, by making breakthroughs in bioplastics. Bioplastics - polymers processed from different green sources - are slowly and steadily emerging as a sustainable solution for an earth suffocating due to toxic greenhouse gases. The plastics industry has already begun presenting products manufactured from non-edible sources. However, the question that arises here is whether bioplastics is the solution to earth’s ecological problems or not? Ranjit Pisharody interacts with some industry experts in his quest to solve this puzzle.

· Dr Gowri Shankar Nagarajan, business development manager - DuPont Applied BioSciences, E I DuPont India Pvt Ltd
· Dr Jens Hamprecht, head - Global Business Management for Biodegradable Polymers, BASF SE
· Perses Bilimoria, CEO and Founder, Earthsoul India Pvt Ltd
· Rob Kirschbaum, VP - Innovation, DSM Performance Materials