The increasing dependence on fossil raw materials and the accompanying pollution from consumption and disposal threaten our ecological and social systems. Plastic-based products, however, could be mixed with renewable raw materials and this saves crude oil. The long overdue plastic transition is accelerated by such plastic substitution technologies. Their further development into functional products is complex and requires holistic research concepts. In this context, scientific publications report on the compolytics-approach. As composite polymer and policy analytics, this follows a heuristic path and combines plastics research with socio-technological, socio-economic and socio-political perspectives. Discrete choice analyses, involving a wide variety of user groups, play an important role in measuring attitudes towards these novel materials. But regulatory policy instruments are also examined for their transformational effectiveness. Compolytics-research thus follows the Triple-Bottom-Line Principle and even adds a fourth dimension. Namely, it takes its cross-generational responsibility and professionalises future academics in sustainability-relevant disciplines, such as management, marketing, innovation and engineering of plastic substitution technologies. This four-pillar principle forms the foundation of Compolytics, which exists since 2018. The success from so far 35 peer-reviewed publications in renowned scientific journals, congress presentations, teaching and committee activities within five years underline the need for a more eco-efficient use of petroplastics and for paving the way for this by innovation research and teaching.
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