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JRC activities on Bioeconomy
Visit of Unione Industriali Varese
Andrea Camia
EC Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Sustainable Resources, Bioeconomy Unit
EU Bioeconomy policy
2012: Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan
EC Communication (COM(2012)60)
2017: Review of the Bioeconomy Strategy
SWD(2017)374
2018: Updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy and
Action Plan
(COM(2018)673 & SWD(2018) 431)
Bioeconomy Strategy
Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy
Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan:
Knowledge and Monitoring of EU Bioeconomy
Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy
Identifying and filtering relevant information from different sources and making it accessible
Bringing together researchers, policymakers and other experts in the fields through a Community of Practice
Analysing, synthesising and communicating available evidence
Enhancing the knowledge base (for policymaking) on the bioeconomy
Bioeconomy Strategy
Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy
Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan:
Knowledge and Monitoring of EU Bioeconomy
Enhance Knowledge on the Bioeconomy
To provide the knowledge-base and forward looking capacity on bioeconomy
Addressing impacts
linked with production
and use of biomass,
competition and
synergies between
sectors for biomass
resources
Source: Biomass flows in the European Union, EUR 28565 ENPlease note: Supply and use figures might not match due to estimation errors, stock
changes, waste and/or loss of biomass or differences in the data sources used
Biomass flows in the European Union – Cross sectorial SUPPLY
USES
2015
Biomass used for the Bioeconomy
Feed and food
productsCrops
Bio-materials
Bioenergy
Crop residues
Grazed biomass
By-& co-products(incl. wood pellets)
Primary woody biomass
Feed and bedding (incl. animal based food:
33730)
Plant based food
Heat & Power
Solid wood products
Wood pulp
Processed products (biomass eq.)
ForestryAgricultureFisheries &aquaculture Algae
European biomass resources
Food waste generated along the food supply chain
Caldeira, C., De Laurentiis, V., Corrado, S., van Holsteijn, F., Sala, S. Quantification of food waste per product group along the food supply chain in the EU: a mass flow analysis. (2019) Resources, Conservation and Recycling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.06.011
Primary production Processing Retail Consumption
2011 data
Wet mass (million tonnes)
European biomass resources
Mapping crop residues production
Spatially explicit• Total residue production• Crops and crop groups
Based on restrictions identified with National Forest Inventories (NFIs)
Applied restrictions:
Country-specific thresholds defined
Work with NFIs in progress!
1. Limited increment (too little yield for wood supply)
2. Protected Areas
3. Slope
4. Distance from roads
5. Tree species
6. Natura2000
European biomass resources
Mapping Forest Available for Wood Supply
Bioeconomy in Italy vs
EU Member States (2015)
(Source: Ronzon & M’barek, 2018; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10061745)
(source: https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/bioeconomy/country/italy_en)
(13% of EU total)
(10% of EU total)
Strengthen and scale up the bio-based sector:
EU to lead on innovative bio-based products
Source: Spekreijse et al. (2019) Insights into the European market of bio-based chemicals. Analysis based on ten key product categories. Joint Research Centre. doi:10.2760/549564, JRC112989.
Strengthen and scale up the bio-based sector:
Biorefineries for a sustainable re-industrialisation
• 803 biorefineries:
• bio-based chemicals
• liquid biofuels
• bio-based composites and fibres
• integrated biorefineries (products + energy)
• Agricultural resources are the feedstock source used by
most biorefineries in all EU countries with the exception of
Finland, Sweden and Portugal.
• Marine and waste resources are relevant in some
countries but not yet highly exploited in biorefineries.
Source: Parisi, C. (2018). "Research Brief: Biorefineries distribution in the EU". European Commission - Joint Research Centrehttps://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/brochures-leaflets/biorefineries-distribution-eu
Bioeconomy Strategy
Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy
Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan:
Knowledge and Monitoring of EU Bioeconomy
Building a bioeconomy monitoring system for the EU
'The Commission will implement and EU-wide, internationally
coherent monitoring system to track the progress towards a
sustainable, circular bioeconomy in Europe and to underpin
related policy areas'
COM(2018) 673 final
LCA-based approach to assess environmental impactsof the EU bioeconomy
End of life DisposalUseProcessingHarvestProduction
The JRC host the European Platform on LCA
and support the development of the European Product
Environmental Footprint.
Operate the Bioeconomy within safe ecological limits :
Plastics Life Cycle Assessment
Development of a method and case studies for LCA of plastics
Test in screening
LCAs
Stakeholder consultation
Final LCA method
10 full LCAs
Draft LCA method
• Elaborate a robust LCA-based methodology to evaluate environmental impacts of alternative plastics feedstocks
• Apply it on specific case-studies
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