A landscape view of the global PLFs market
Summary of contents
In this report, we provide an overview of the PLF landscape and offer a qualitative assessment of PLF sustainability in each market by considering their production, use and environmental fate.
In order to ensure that the PLF industry is economically and environmentally sustainable in the future, new approaches to PLF production, use and end-of-life treatment will be needed.
Within the PLF value chain, PLFs are used in formulations that are either liquid, which remain liquid on application and throughout use, or curable, which form solids on application and remain solid in use. This report finds that these formulation systems can explain key differences in the use and environmental fate of PLFs across different markets.
This report identifies a significant role for chemistry in developing solutions and describes key opportunities to make PLFs more sustainable in the future.