Abstract:

Current environmental problems, such as climate change and environmental pollution, which are increasingly influenced, have led to the emergence of new priorities in consumer habits and industrial plastic production, the increased interest in polymer production from renewable sources and environmentally sustainable biocomposite materials. Biopolyethylene (BiyoPE), a commercial biopolymer, is produced from sugar shell, a renewable plant source. BioPE or otherwise known as green polyethylene has a significant potential as a petrochemical polyethylene alternative polymer due to its outstanding characteristics, such as being able to be recycled in the same process of recycling as polyethylene, having the same mechanical performance and diverse application characteristics as petrochemical polyethylene. In the automotive industry, the competitiveness of BioPE against polyethylene in the packaging of cosmetics and cleaning products, widely used in toys, has increased significantly along with the investments made in the development of plastic pollution, fossil resources extinction, increased oil prices and bio-polymer production technologies. In recent years, the importance of sustainable production processes in the direction of the transition to a cyclic economy and the increase in the number of environmental impact assessment work carried out with BioPE have made it possible to be preferred in voluntary product certification and labelling by more producers, and to develop new applications and products. This study discussed the current developments in the use of BioPE from renewable sources in the production of environmentally friendly, non-toxic biocomposites and polymer mixture.

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