Replacing petro-based materials in personal care sector with renewable biodegradable counterparts is a correct
strategy for taking care of the environment. Textured films are currently used in several applications in contact
with skin, such as diaper and napkins. Poly(lactic acid) (PLA), fully renewable and compostable, with an
intrinsic anti-microbial property, has enormous potentialities but it is necessary processing it by flat die extrusion
to obtain flexible films. The plasticization of selected polymeric blends, obtained by using biodegradable and
partially biobased polyesters as well as a citrate, and the control of melt viscosity by proper additives during
extrusion were thus investigated
