The ambitions of the forthcoming revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive cannot do without the complementary contribution of bio-based materials

BioChem Europe applauds the Commission goal to shape a strong European Bioeconomy agenda and will keep providing insightful contribution to its implementation.

Biomass-derived chemicals are defined as chemical products that are wholly or partly derived from materials of biological origin – e.g. biomass. While biomass is often associated with renewability, it is important to recognise that these resources are limited and can be exhausted over time. implementing a cascading principle for the use of biomass is of outmost importance.

The recent release of the Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles is a chance for biomass-derived chemistry to stress its multi-facetted contribution to the EU climate ambition.

The European Commission published its Communication on biotechnology and biomanufacturing, setting a milestone and highlighting the potential of the sector in paving the way for EU’s green transition and competitiveness.

The Netherlands, the Czech Republic, France and Ireland are proposing a European Sustainable Carbon Policy Package to start the gradual shift from fossil carbon to sustainable carbon sources (recycled materials, sustainable biomass and captured CO2) in the chemicals sector.

9 European associations call for a fairer method to account for the footprint of biogenic carbon and allocate it to the actors along the bioeconomy value chains.

A balanced land-use, land-use change and forestry policy would contribute at the same time to climate change mitigation and to growing the circular bioeconomy

We need a fairer method to account for the footprint of biogenic carbon and allocate it to the actors along the bioeconomy value chains.