26 Nov 2021 --- While bioplastics innovation continues to thrive globally, Erwin Lepoudre, market development manager for biopolymers at Kaneka Belgium, insists market growth would accelerate if regulation differentiating biodegradable plastics from conventional petrochemical plastics was introduced. Kaneka is a Japanese-headquartered biodegradable polymer producer specializing in Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a natural biopolymer produced through vegetable oil fermentation.