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Biobased plastics can offer meaningful climate benefits, particularly in reducing global warming potential through biogenic carbon storage. However, their true sustainability depends on a full life cycle perspective—one that accounts for land use, water, nutrients, energy inputs, and realistic end-of-life outcomes to avoid shifting impacts elsewhere.
Life Cycle Assessment is not just a calculation exercise — it is a tool to guide decisions that reduce real environmental harm. To fulfill this purpose, LCAs must consider system-wide impacts, behavioral consequences, and the real-world outcomes that modeling choices encourage.
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