Bioplastics start-ups gain ground but green credentials face scrutiny

Sian Sutherland, co-founder of campaign groups A Plastic Planet and PlasticFree, argues that the industry needs to “leapfrog” over biomaterials that are “less bad” than conventional plastic to “materials that are truly good for nature”. Since ambitions for an “amazing worldwide industrial composting infrastructure” have not been realised, she argues that “the mindset needs to shift to materials that can go back to nature safely”.