Plastic pollution can be dealt with advanced recycling and bio-based production. Best-case scenario would require 22 Mha of sugarcane areas in Brazil to meet the 2050 global biopolyethylene demand. However, this may require ecosystem trade-offs.
- Guilherme Pessoa Nogueira
- Gabriel Palma Petrielli
- Thayse Aparecida Dourado Hernandes
