Globally shoppers use around 500 bln single-use plastic bags every year and this number continues to rise. However, many countries across the world, have banned the use of lightweight single-use plastic bags or have started taxing it. In addition, consumers are also becoming more concerned towards the environmental impact of plastic packaging solutions. This has compelled business to look beyond the use petroleum-based plastics to alternatives derived from plants, or even synthesized by micro-organisms. Bio-Degradable Packaging market is mainly driven by the growing conscientious population and government regulations focusing on the reduction of wastage and usage of Bio-Degradable packaging materials. However the lack of supply of bioplastics and the higher cost of materials are hindering the growth of this market. Europe is leading the market with 45% share in 2015 followed by North America and Asia Pacific. The starch based and cellulose derived solutions will continue to hold the largest market share.

根据统计MRC,全球bio-plastic包aging market is valued at US$6142 mln in 2015 and is expected to reach US$25368.7 mln by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 32.7% from 2015 to 2022. Bio-plastic packaging is a highly intensive market witnessing more than 50% of biodegradable plastics market demand. Global market is anticipated to witness growth owing to increasing customer attentiveness to ecological products. Shifting partiality from artificial chemical products to environmental substitutes is expected to boost the Bio-plastic packaging market growth. Huge complications involved in the production through agro-based raw materials are anticipated to be a challenging factor for market in the near future. Increasing adoption of bio-based PET in packaging due to rising R&D expenditure by beverage manufacturers is probably to exploit new markets over the forecast period. The factors restricting the market growth include high cost of production as bio-plastic is not easily recyclable, lack of commercial conversion technology of agro based material to bio-plastic, and limited use of bio-plastic for the packaging attributed to the premium pricing of the bio-plastic. Europe commanded the global market in 2014 followed by North America and Asia-Pacific. Several European countries have adopted bio-plastic packaging, driving the regional market. However, Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region in the market and is anticipated to grow at a highest rate over the forecast period. Asia Pacific is commanding the global market in terms of production. With the constant rise in awareness about the environment and pollution and greater emphasis on sustainability, the governments of several Asia Pacific nations are focusing on the recycling of plastic products, which has boosted the growth prospects for the market in this region. The packaging and food services segment is anticipated become the commanding shareholder in the global market over the forecast period.

According to a report published by Credence Research, the bioplastic packaging market has been estimated to be valued at US$ 6,765.9 mln by the end of 2016, and is expected to reach US$ 46,490.5 mln by 2023, expanding at a CAGR of 31.7% from 2016 to 2023. The requirement for sustainable and affordable packaging for varied range of products across different industry including food and beverage has increased over the past few years. Bioplastic packaging has gained traction all over the world due to adaptation of the products by different manufacturers. The sector of bioplastic packaging is a small segment and is at nascent stage when compared to overall packaging industry of the globe. However, recent advancement and change in techniques has boosted the global biodegradable food packaging market. Increasing consumer awareness related to utilization of biodegradable based products is anticipated to intensify the growth of the bioplastic packaging market till 2023. Increasing significant environmental concerns all over the world due to increase in pollution along with higher consumer preferences for biodegradable material based products is anticipated to foster the growth of bioplastic packaging market over the forecast period. Apart from this, advanced production process and innovation in technology adopted by bioplastic packaging manufacturers is expected to spur the growth of overall bioplastic packaging market during the period 2016-2026.

Bioplastic packaging market is segmented on the basis of product type such as Bio-PET, PLA and PLA Blends, Starch Blends, others. In 2015, Bio-PET segment contributed the highest revenue share of the total bioplastic packaging market. The starch blends packaging is anticipated to expand at a robust CAGR till 2023. The global bioplastic packaging market is further bifurcated by application which includes food & beverages, kitchen utensils, electronics industries, and others. Food and beverages segment marked the highest revenue share in bioplastic packaging market in 2015. Rising awareness towards sustainable and affordable packaging solutions as well as change in mindset of people i.e. preferences for recycled based products instead of synthetic one is anticipated to expand the growth of segment during the forecast period.

As per Future Market Insights, increased consumer preference towards biodegradable materials coupled with the growing environmental concern is expected to boost the overall growth of the biodegradable packaging market. Most of the major packaging companies are now shifting their focus towards biodegradable packaging in order to achieve greater consumer satisfaction, and also to differentiate their products from that of the competitors. This segment is expected to witness the fastest growth than that compared to the plastics packaging market. Though it is a relatively new market, it is expected to capture the existing market share of the non-biodegradable plastic packaging market. The food packaging and beverage packaging market is expected to play a crucial role in driving the overall global biodegradable packaging market. However, lack of government support especially in the developed countries is expected to curb growth of the market. The presence of huge price difference between the biodegradable packaging and other conventional packaging is further expected to hamper the growth of the market.
Europe and North America are expected to dominate the overall market of biodegradable packaging. North America is expected to be the largest consumer of the biodegradable packaging market. The developed regions are expected to dominate the overall biodegradable packaging market owing to the presence of mature markets that consist of highly environmental conscious consumers. In addition, the presence of high-spending population is also expected to increase the overall demand for biodegradable packaging in the developed regions. The presence of large populations in Asia Pacific is expected to boost the biodegradable packaging market. Owing to the increase in the contract manufacturing process coupled with increased governmental interest to promote biodegradable products by providing incentives in some countries such as China and India is further expected to contribute to the growth of the market. FMI says that the biodegradable packaging market is highly fragmented in nature. Some of the key participants of the biodegradable packaging market include International Paper, Natureworks LLC, Biopac, BASF SE, Stora Enso, Smurfit Kappa Group, Rocktenn, Clearwater Paper Corporation, Georgia-Pacific LLC and Novamont S.P.A among others. The companies mainly strive towards developing new technologies to manufacture biodegradable packaging material from various easily available natural resources. There are also huge investments in the research and development in order to develop innovative product which in turn would help the companies to gain competitive advantage in the market.

根据Smithers Pira的研究，预计包装行业的全球生物塑料将从2017 - 2022年增长，年平均值为17％，市场价值几乎为7.2美元BLN。预计在2017年消费将达到1.06万吨，市场价值为3.4美元。目前，市场占全球塑料包装市场价值的份额很小，但在整个预测期内价值的增长将大多数一倍以上。在这个快速发展的细分市场中，最成功的组织将是那些最有效地应对包装中生物塑料的剩余关键挑战的组织。首先，这涉及确定那些自然来源产品可以预期溢价的机会，从2014年中期以来，由于世界原油价格下跌而引起的pepro-polymers造成的生物聚合物负面的成本竞争力与石油 - 聚合物相比。此外，在包装应用程序中，生物塑料在技术上有可能替代油基聚合物，供应商还必须在未来几年内管理较高的生产成本，资本可用性和基于生物的原料的有限可用性的问题。
尽管生物塑料的潜在市场很大，但消费率将取决于生产者是否可以足够快地增长其生产能力，并且以可接受的成本/绩效水平来满足需求。几十年前，炼油厂和石化行业成功地实施了增加价值商业模式。这些业务模型通过通过化学和聚合物生产整合从石油井到达供应链来产生高水平的利润。这使生产商可以运行一个集成的原材料和聚合物络合物，而中间人很少，因此在供应链的每个级别上都捕获了利润。预计生物聚合物行业将以类似的方式调整添加值的业务模型。与石油炼油厂不同，生物融资将能够处理许多不同类型的生物质，包括糖，纤维素和各种植物油。
将来，新技术的开发将确保出现新型聚合物，并改善生产当前可用的生物聚合物用于各种最终用途应用的方法。未来的生物聚合物将提供提高的生物生物能力和生物降解性的速度，因为此速度是实现市场接受度的重要因素。在地理发展方面，欧洲是最大的生物塑料包装区域市场，占全球生物塑料包装消费量的31％。它现在处于研发工作的最前沿，但占生物塑性生产能力的不到10％，到2022年，生物塑料包装消耗的份额减少。大多数目前计划的数量生产设施正在泰国实施，印度和中国以及超过75％的生物塑料将在2022年在亚洲生产。就最终用途类别而言，非食品是2017年最大的生物塑料包装申请领域，占全球消费量的几乎46％。这反映了垃圾袋和随身携带袋的大量生物塑料消耗。食物是第二大最终用途领域，其次是饮料瓶。自2012年以来，生物塑料饮料瓶的消费量已急剧增长，此后，在推出了用于软饮料瓶的生物衍生的宠物之后，将近2017年的生物塑料量的22％用于包装食用。