Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy

The current debate on the sustainability of bio-based products questions the environmental benefits of replacing fossil- by bio-resources. Here, we analyze the environmental trade-offs of 98 emerging bio-based materials...

The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to biorefineries is a necessary step to estimate their environmental sustainability. This review explores contemporary LCA biorefinery studies, across different...

Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an internationally standardised methodology. (ISO 14040:2006) LCA helps to quantify the environmental pressures related to goods and services (products), the environmental benefits, the trade-offs...

Consecutive and interlinked stages of a product system, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources to final disposal. EC, 2013, Commission Recommendation of 9 April 2013...

Growing demand in the fisheries sector has resulted in a high generation of side-streams that are mainly treated as waste despite their potential value in terms of protein, fatty...

Cradle to cradle' goes beyond 'cradle to grave' and conforms more to the model of the circular economy. In a cradle to cradle model products would be designed in a way so...

With funding from the European Commission, an unprecedented collaboration between Carbon Minds, numerous project partners, and many supporters in the chemical industry is developing significant improvements to the Environmental Footprint...

The overexploitation of resources, the increase of the world population and the trend of consumption based on “use and throw away” is causing an increasing pressure on waste management. In this sense, it is necessary to promote...

Biohubs are increasingly seen as essential to the cost-effective deployment of bioenergy at scale for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors like heavy-duty vehicles and heat. The term biohub refers to an intermediate place...

The food waste prevention calculator can be used by various stakeholders involved in the food supply chain, to assess the nutritional benefits, the net economic savings, and net...