Factsheet #1: What are biobased products?
The EU-funded InnProBio project published Factsheet #1. It offers some definitions and graphic illustrations on the type of feedstock used to make the products and of the uses for biobased products.
Factsheet #1 highlights the benefits of bio-based products, such as their potential to reduce the economy’s dependence on fossil feedstocks, to create green jobs (not only) in the European Union, and to help drive European innovation.
The link between bio-based products and sustainability is also outlined:
Sustainability of bio-based products is dependent on multiple factors, such as sourcing of feedstock, design of the production process, adequate choice of disposal option, etc.
The section From biomass to bio-based products shows in a very visual way different …
… biomass feedstocks, i.e. sugar, starch and natural rubber
… bio-based intermediates, i.e. fibres, polymers and composites
… and bio-based end products.
It is a year since the publication of the first factsheet (we reported here) and the InnProBio team has since added two more:
- Factsheet #2: Focus On Sustainability
- Factsheet #3: Myths and Facts about Biodegradability
Read: Biobased Products: Two Factsheets
Download: Factsheet #1, what are bio-based products?
Source: What are bio-based products? New factsheet aim to provide clarity.
