Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy

There has been an increasing interest in diverting food waste from landfills to enhance renewable resource production due to high greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable processing...

Plastic waste poses a significant challenge for the environment, particularly smaller plastic products that are often difficult to recycle or collect. In this study, we developed a fully biodegradable...

This EEA briefing explores how circular economy can reduce and, in some cases, reverse the impacts of production and consumption on biodiversity.

In 2022, BIC was very happy to connect with their members in real life – after a two-year pause due to the pandemic. 2022 also saw the first...

Phosphorus (P) accumulation in aquaculture systems is damaging our environment beyond acceptable levels. Devising strategies to potentially recover P from aquaculture systems in a reusable bioresource...

This report proposes a systematic analysis of all EU publications on the circular economy available in the database of the Publications Office of the European Union until December 31, 2022. Main...

The growing demand for raw materials in the Hungarian economy projected up to 2050 is expected to exert significant additional pressure on the environment, putting the country at risk of missing important environmental...

The use of materials globally has increased over the past century and it will continue to grow with sustained population and economic growth. Such growth also leads...

Grasses, legumes and green plant wastes represent a ubiquitous feedstock for developing a bioeconomy in regions across Europe. These feedstocks are often an important source of ruminant...

In January 2018, the European Commission adopted the first EU monitoring framework for the circular economy, aimed at tracking the progress of the EU and the Member States. Following the launch of the new...