Ireland has been building its high-value bioeconomy ever since its 2018 National Policy Statement for the Bioeconomy (NPSB).  Things have...

Europe’s bioeconomy is replete with renewable innovations that could cut our dependence on fossil fuels. However, the difficulty lies in...

Peatland covers just 3% of global land surface but stores twice as much carbon as the world’s forests combined.  Despite...

The world cannot meet climate goals without decarbonising steel-manufacturing, which adds 7.2% of total greenhouse gas emissions per year, with...

The sustainability of first-generation biofuels have attracted controversy, with questions around their true emissions savings and their impacts on other...

Like every bioeconomy sector, the industries around biobased chemicals and biomaterials depend on the living world. Certain species hold immense...

From 1 January 2024, the French government made composting mandatory for every individual, household, and business in the country. Estimates...

Horticulture is an essential part of Europe’s regional food and economic security. Greenhouse cultivation grants year-round yields even where degraded...

As a rule of thumb, waste feedstocks are among the most sustainable inputs for making biobased materials.  One kind with...

Europe has been pushing to grow its blue bioeconomy for years, including sectors that produce high value chemicals and materials...