Interest in biopolymers has increased significantly in recent years driven by a variety of social, legislative and economic factors but the definition of biopolymer itself still cause some confusion. Matrix Polymers aims to help its customers to acquire some useful terminology and help to distinguish between biopolymer and compostable material in this article.
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