A transition from petroleum-based plastic bags to biodegradable and compostable bioplastic bags will affect stakeholders across the value chain of the bioplastics industry. This article aims to reveal stakeholders’ concerns on the issues of bioplastic and their suggestions for addressing them. Based on focus group discussions and using the thematic analysis tool, we find that stakeholders’ respective responsibilities, infrastructure and ecosystem, societal mindset, costing, and financial support are important factors in the success of the initiative. We also find that having a uniform policy on bioplastic helps to integrate and coordinate the responsibilities of each stakeholder, while a top-down approach is necessary to stimulate engagement from all stakeholders. We find that, unless there is improvement in transparency and clarity in terms of communication among stakeholders, strengthening collaboration and creating public and private partnerships in terms of research, certification and incentives, the transition may not be successfully achieved.

从基于石油的塑料袋到可生物降解和可堆肥的生物塑料袋的过渡将影响整个生物塑料行业价值链的利益相关者。本文旨在揭示利益相关者对生物塑料问题的关注以及他们解决这些问题的建议。基于焦点小组讨论和使用主题分析工具，我们发现利益相关者各自的责任、基础设施和生态系统、社会心态、成本计算和财务支持是该计划成功的重要因素。我们还发现，制定统一的生物塑料政策有助于整合和协调每个利益相关者的责任，而自上而下的方法对于刺激所有利益相关者的参与是必要的。我们发现，