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This updated Country Report on Poland builds on the first edition released in 2018. It maps out the potential for bio-based growth in the country, highlighting untapped and under-exploited bio-based...

A collective work by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), the BBI-JU advisory bodies, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), the European Agricultural Machinery Industry (CEMA), Cefic and the European...

The report includes country-specific factsheets (see links below) that provide calculations for the EU-27, the United Kingdom and Norway, and other specific information that is relevant to bio-waste management strategies...

Latvia offers substantial opportunities for the bio-based industry. Situated on the banks of the Baltic Sea, Latvia’s landscape is mostly plains and undulating midlands. Roughly half of the country is covered...

Lithuania offers substantial opportunities for the bio-based industry. Situated on the banks of the Baltic Sea, Lithuania’s landscape is a mix of plains and low hills. Almost half of the country is arable...

Estonia offers substantial opportunities for the bio-based industry. Situated on the banks of the Baltic Sea and including over 2000 islands and islets, Estonia’s landscape is a mix of plains and low...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to tackle global challenges related to social, economic and environmental aspects. In November 2016, the European Commission published...

This Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda, or SIRA, sets out the main technological and innovation challenges to developing sustainable and competitive bio-based industries in Europe at the time of writing. It...

This document, which focuses on Romania, is part of a series of publications by BIC to identify the opportunities for expanding the bio-based industry across Europe.

The bioeconomy comprises those parts of the economy that use renewable biological resources from land and sea – such as crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms – to produce...