Sustainable Bio-Based Polymers: Towards a Circular Bioeconomy.

In this context, the works published in this Special Issue have addressed such a topic from different perspectives, including bio-based alternatives to petroleum-based polymers [[3], [8], [12]], bioplastics for packaging [[2], [4], [10]] and other industrial uses [[6]], and sustainable food waste management and biorefinery [[1], [5], [11]]. 31963296 10 Correa-Pacheco Z.N., Black-Solís J.D., Ortega-Gudiño P., Sabino-Gutiérrez M.A., Benítez-Jiménez J.J., Barajas-Cervantes A., Bautista-Baños S., Hurtado-Colmenares L.B. Preparation and Characterization of Bio-Based PLA/PBAT and Cinnamon Essential Oil Polymer Fibers and Life-Cycle Assessment from Hydrolytic Degradation. The valorization of biomass from different renewable resources (i.e., agriculture, food, forestry, fishery, etc.) by green processes to produce multifunctional polymers with potential industrial applications is a smart strategy to substitute non-biodegradable petroleum-based plastics [[1], [3], [5], [7], [9], [11]]. Correa-Pacheco et al. prepared bio-based cinnamon essential oil-containing PLA/PBAT fibers by melt mixing of both polymers and subsequent extrusion where the essential oil was incorporated [[10]]. [Extracted from the article]