A comprehensive strategy for nature-based biodegradable materials to foster circularity and resource efficiency, strengthen the agri-food sector and scale-up the EU bioeconomy - Related links

European Commission

1. Circular Economy  

• COM(2020) 98 - A New Circular Economy Action Plan: For a cleaner and more competitive Europe (March 2020)
• Website for the Circular Economy Action Plan

2. EU Bioeconomy Strategy  

• Bioeconomy Strategy – EC proposal document (27/11/2025)
• Updated Bioeconomy Strategy (2018)
• Bioeconomy Action Plan (2018)
• Website for the Bioeconomy Strategy

3. Waste

• Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste (December 1994)
• Directive 2008/98/EC on Waste (November 2008)
• EU Waste Management Law Summary
• Packaging and Packaging Waste Law Summary

4. Plastics  

• Directive 2015/720 on Plastic Bags (April 2015)
• COM(2018) 28 - A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (January 2018)
• Directive 2019/904 on Single Use Plastics (June 2019)
• COM(2022) 682 - EU Policy Framework for Biobased, Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics (November 2022)
• Website for the Plastics Strategy
• Website on Biobased, Biodegradable, and Compostable Plastics

5. General

• Website for the 8th Environment Action Plan
• Vision for Agriculture and Food
• Website for the Draghi report on EU competitiveness 

European Parliament

1. EPRS Briefing on Sustainable carbon cycles (October 2022)
2. EPRS Briefing on Advancing the circular economy in the EU (November 2022)
3. EPRS Briefing on Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (March 2023) 

Other links

1. Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS) Position Paper on Polymers and Plastics under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (Sep 2024)
2. European Circular Economy Stakeholders Platform (ECESP) Position Paper on Revising the EU Bioeconomy Strategy (Jun 2025)
3. Natural Polymers Group Manifesto on Establishing Nature-Based Materials as the Mainstream Solution to Plastic