issue 02/2021

30 bioplastics MAGAZINE [02/21] Vol. 16
New topics – new layout
As already mentioned on page 3, and as you may have already noticed, we are expanding our scope of topics. With the main
target in focus – getting away from fossil resources – we are strongly supporting the idea of “Renewable Carbon”. Michael
Carus explains it well in his article on p 50 and in a previous article in issue 01/2020. So, in addition to our traditional bioplastics
topics, about biobased and biodegradable plastics, we also started covering topics from the fields of Carbon Capture and
Utilisation as well as Advanced Recycling. Or, as Michael Carus put it: plastics from the atmosphere and the technosphere.
To better differentiate the different overarching topics in the magazine, we modified our layout.
Bioplastics related topics come in the familiar green
frame. This includes, just as in the past, all topics
around plastics made from any kind of biomass as
well as topics around biodegradability, composting
etc.
A blue frame indicates topics that are rather of
administrative nature, such as the table of contents,
the “Dear Readers” editorial on page 3 or the event
calendar.
When it comes to plastics made of any kind of
carbon source that can be associated with Carbon
Capture and Utilisation, we now use an ochrecoloured
frame. This includes CO 2
or C 2
H 4
captured
from the atmosphere or technical processes, such
as incineration or biogasification, etc.
A turquoise-coloured frame will be used for all
topics related to Advanced Recycling. This includes
Chemical Recycling as well as, for example, the
enzymatic degradation of mixed plastic waste to
create building blocks for new plastics.
Of course, sometimes topics belong to more than
one group. For instance, when an article covers a
topic related to Carbon Capture and bioplastics, the
frame will be ochre-green crosshatched. This could
be e.g. an article about making PHB from methane.
And articles covering Recycling and bioplastic
related topics, the frame will be turquoise-green
crosshatched. An example is the article on page 26
of this issue “From cotton rag to modern functional
textiles”. Here cotton is being recycled to produce
glucose that can further be used to make e.g. nylon.
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