The Dutch government is investing in creating a bio-based economy and hopes to be known as ‘the land of green chemistry’ by 2050. A variety of industry leaders met in the Dutch town of Wageningen earlier this year to discuss innovations in bioplastics.
Bioplastics leaders from across Europe gathered in Wageningen for a symposium organized by the Biobased Performance Materials (BPM) program, where government and industry outlined plans to make the Netherlands one of the largest bio-based economies in the world.
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Tags: sustainable development, biomass, farming land, sugar beat, BPM, subsidies, cellulose materia, carrot waste, resins, biocomposite, Scirocco Bioconcept, flax-fiber composites
Source: PlasticsNews, 2012-12-03.