Supplier: Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Website: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm

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8 October 20257 October 2025

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), September 2025

September Highlights: Publication of LCIA Report, RCI appointed as Member of the Ecodesign Forum, RMC 2025, RCI Roundtables, and New Members & Partners

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13 May 20257 May 2025

Ökodesign-Verordnung: Polymere vorerst ausgeklammert

Der erste Arbeitsplan der Europäischen Kommission für die Umsetzung der Ökodesign-Verordnung steht. Überraschung: Polymere sind davon (noch) nicht betroffen

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24 February 202518 February 2025

AIMPLAS develops a demonstrator for the Digital Passport for plastic products

This solution officially demonstrates that plastic products comply with all European regulations

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5 March 20244 March 2024

Commission sets out how to sustainably capture, store and use carbon to reach climate neutrality by 2050

An adopted Industrial Carbon Management Communication to provide details on how these technologies could contribute to reducing emissions by 90% by 2040

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29 January 202419 January 2024

The rise in biomass production and use points to a growing bioeconomy: is this resource limitless?

A new summary for policymakers report quantifies the biomass supply and uses in the EU and cautions against over-optimism on the availability of this limited, albeit renewable, resource

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25 January 202422 January 2024

A recipe for sustainable bioeconomy: collaborate, engage locally, involve consumers

The JRC put together policy makers, primary producers, consumers and businesses, tasking them with imagining the bioeconomy of the future. Policy recommendations from this exercise are now out

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10 January 202417 December 2024

Non-level playing field for renewable materials vs. fossil in Life Cycles Assessments

Critical aspects of the JRC Plastics LCA methodology and its policy implications

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2 November 202331 October 2023

Supply chain letter on the need for mass balance fuel-use exempt for chemical recycling

20 associations call on EU Member States to urgently adopt mass balance fuel-use exempt as the EU harmonised mass balance method for allocating recycled content via chemical recycling

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Verbände fordern Anerkennung von „Fuel Use Exempt“-Massenbilanzierung

20 europäische Verbände fordern eine EU-weite Regulierung und Anerkennung von Massenbilanzen für das chemische Recycling nach der „Fuel Use Exempt“-Regel

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4 July 20233 July 2023

Infinite plastic recycling: The technology is ready, but what about legislation?

New chemical recycling technologies are creating an infinite loop for the plastic ecosystem, addressing waste streams that currently lack suitable recycling processes

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24 April 202320 April 2023

Deutsche Umwelthilfe warnt vor hochriskanten und unausgereiften Technologien des chemischen Recyclings

Zwei neue Studien setzen falsche Prioritäten und könnten problematische politische Entscheidungen zur Pyrolyse oder Vergasung im Recycling von Kunststoffen zur Folge haben

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The term recycling must not be watered down by pyrolysis and gasification

Two new studies set the wrong priorities and could encourage problematic policy decisions on pyrolysis and gasification of plastic packaging waste

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15 November 202210 November 2022

Bioeconomy strategies in EU regions. Where are we?

Research shows there's a growing number of regional bioeconomy strategies following the launch of the revised EU Bioeconomy strategy in 2018

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2 November 20222 November 2022

For the third time due to popular demand: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), net-zero, Carbon Footprint, non-financial reporting, Taxonomy, Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)

… what does all of this mean for you and your company?

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2 September 202230 August 2022

Warum Waldbiomasse nicht zu den „erneuerbaren“ Energien gezählt werden darf

Der Umweltausschuss sieht vor, dass die Verbrennung sekundärer Biomasse weiterhin als erneuerbare Energie im Rahmen der Richtlinie angerechnet werden kann und damit Subventionen erhält

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Why forest biomass must not be counted as ‘renewable’ energy

The environment committee amendment still allows burning secondary biomass materials, like sawdust and bark from sawmills, to qualify as renewable energy under the RED and receive subsidies

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30 June 202223 June 2022

Bioeconomy: Poised at a historic crossroads

Beside shipping issues and energy disruption, business operations have been prevented by pandemic-related effects, supply chain tightness, higher demand as well as digitalisation, blockchains and AI

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8 June 20221 June 2022

Bioeconomy strategy development in EU regions

Overall, there are 359 bioeconomy-related strategies and 334 frameworks have been published. Of these 334, 324 are regional and 10 are multi-regional (e.g. cross-border, interregional or macroregional, mostly Interreg-funded) strategic frameworks

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6 January 20222 January 2022

FAO and JRC launch new guidance note on monitoring bioeconomy sustainability

New bioeconomy Guidance note describes in easy-to-follow steps how countries and macro-regions, such as the European Union (EU), can monitor sustainability along with their bioeconomy strategies and policies

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13 December 20218 December 2021

European Bioplastics Conference confirms bioplastics make significant contributions to the European Union’s ambitious climate goals

New European Bioplastics market data, based on research from the nova-institute, gave a very positive outlook for bioplastics production

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17 June 202116 June 2021

EU biorefinery outlook to 2030

European Commission's study presents the possible growth until 2030, provides actions required to increase the deployment of chemical and material driven biorefineries in the EU

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31 May 202116 June 2021

EU’s dismissal of crop-based biofuels will impede transport decarbonisation: industry

Commission to minimise the contribution of crop-based biofuels from the road transport energy mix – even though such biofuels have been the main contributor to displacing fossil fuel

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25 May 202116 June 2021

The European chemical industry wants to boost the bioeconomy to support the green transition

New Cefic paper reveals that bio-based products (BBPs) from the chemicals and plastics sector currently only generate approximately 2.5% of the total bioeconomy turnover

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18 May 202118 June 2021

Current and future market applications of new genomic techniques

The scope includes the use of NGTs in any kind of plant, mushroom, animal or microorganism or in human cells

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20 April 202118 June 2021

Campaigns questioning the use of woody biomass for energy are missing key facts

The media campaigns also often ignore the many steps that have already been taken towards sustainable forest management, particularly in Europe and North America

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13 April 20219 September 2021

EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System extended with new indicators

The nine new indicators that have been added to the EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System dashboards cover four of the five EU Bioeconomy Strategy Objectives

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4 December 20201 December 2020

Value of the EU bioeconomy – the latest figures

New report analyses the latest data on employment, value added and the turnover generated by different bio-based sectors of the EU bioeconomy

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12 November 20209 November 2020

Finding the Right Balance within the Bioeconomy

BioMonitor partners have published a series of scientific papers that investigate the different trends and scenarios that have and will take place once the bioeconomy is in sync with the Sustainable Development Goals

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2 October 202029 September 2020

Future transitions for the Bioeconomy towards Sustainable Development and a Climate-Neutral Economy

Knowledge Synthesis Final Report

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21 July 202021 July 2020

Recent surge in EU forest harvesting, according to JRC study

Increasing pressure on forest services and products is posing new challenges to sustainable forest management

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Rodungen in der EU nehmen stark zu

In der EU werden Forschern zufolge immer mehr Waldflächen gerodet - ein Grund ist ausgerechnet die hohe Nachfrage nach nachhaltigen Rohstoffen. Die steigende Abholzung könnte nun die Klimaschutzziele gefährden

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4 October 20199 September 2021

Big success for the CO2 Value Workshop on CCU Innovation Fund and other EU Funding Opportunities

European Commission revised version of the ETS Innovation Fund will provide €10 billion over the next 10 years to support innovative low carbon projects

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5 September 20194 September 2019

Open Letter to the JRC

How can the environmental effects of bio-based polymers be compared with those of petrochemical polymers on equal footing?

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2 April 201928 March 2019

EU budget for 2021-2027: Commission welcomes provisional agreement on Horizon Europe, the future EU research and innovation programme

The EU institutions have reached a partial political agreement, subject to formal approval by the European Parliament and Council, on Horizon Europe

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EU-Haushaltsplanung für 2021-2027: Kommission begrüßt vorläufige Einigung über Horizont Europa, das künftige EU-Programm für Forschung und Innovation

Die EU-Institutionen haben eine politische Teileinigung über Horizont Europa erzielt, der das Europäische Parlament und der Rat noch formell zustimmen müssen

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21 February 201928 April 2019

The future of bio-based chemicals in the EU Bioeconomy

New JRC study details the potential of bio-based chemicals in EU markets, and estimates their annual growth rate

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15 January 201910 January 2019

BBI JU launches report of good national-level policies and strategies to support bio-based industries

This publication provides an overview of the status of policies and strategies to support the bio-based industrial sector at national level during 2017

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10 April 20183 April 2018

Straw is not waste but co-product, EU farmers tell Commission

Straw has many uses, from fuel to livestock bedding

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25 July 201724 July 2017

The EU Commission’s Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre (BKC) will be launched tomorrow

The European Commission’s Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre will be launched at the 20^th in Brussels as the Commission’s central knowledge hub on the bioeconomy

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22 January 201619 January 2016

Organic farmers heat up debate over new plant breeding techniques

Focus on developing new seed traits within a given species through genetic engineering

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18 September 201517 September 2015

S2Biom Newsletter – Issue 4, September 2015

Find recent updates made in the cost-supply database, the ‘biomass conversion pathway matching tool’ and the full chain assessment tools

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8 September 20158 September 2015

Experts from nova-Institute introduced:

This month Dr. Stephan Piotrowski, Agricultural economist

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21 August 201519 August 2015

Bioeconomy Factsheet – Europe

Part of a new series of guides outlining "Need to Know" information about the bioeconomy in Europe

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23 July 201524 September 2015

The role of biomass and bioenergy in a future bioeconomy: Policies and facts

New paper paper proposes an analysis of the current status of bioeconomy in the European Union and worldwide until 2020 and beyond

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17 July 201515 July 2015

Europe needs a clean break for cleaner fuels

The technology-neutral policy for clean transport fuel is dead. Clean electricity must be put at the heart of EU transport policy, argues Jos Dings

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7 May 20156 May 2015

Survey of the EU bio-based industry

Focus of the survey is on addressing gaps in existing data resources, the material use of biomass included

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20 May 201419 May 2014

Biomass: the sustainability challenge

Scientific experts, policymakers and NGO and industry representatives discussed this question at the recent European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) conference in Brussels

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25 February 201424 February 2014

EU scientists’ biofuels warnings were ignored

EXCLUSIVE / The European Commission ignored an internal recommendation from its own scientists for mandatory carbon accounts and crop-specific measurements in a proposal to address the ILUC from biofuels production

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21 October 201320 October 2013

Lawmakers vote to block EU biofuels bill

European People's Party and the far right defended first generation biofuels lobby well

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9 September 2013

EU report: Brussels biofuels policy hikes food prices by up to 50%

JRC study says any decrease in biodiesel production strongly affects the vegetable oil market