Emmanouil Flemetakis

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1. Introduction Currently, plastics are used in various sectors, with an annual demand of 54 Mt [1]. Packaging makes up 39% of this use and is dominated by food packaging that accounts for around 90% [2]. In this sector, the end-of-life treatment of plastics is underperforming, especially when compared with more homogenous materials, such as metals or glass, traditionally used in food packaging [3]. Plastic pollution has been recognized as an emerging risk for the aquatic environment (Figure 1).

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by 1, 1, 2, 2 and 1,* 1 Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology & Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 71500 Heraklion, Greece 2 Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, School of Food, Biotechnology and Development, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Int. J. Mol. Sci.