"Green Economy" calls for the maximum use of renewable raw materials. Although the oil-based chemical and plastics industry represents only a fraction (<5%) in the global oil consumption, it is important that the plastics manufacturers and processors develop high quality and durable raw materials based on renewable materials. This innovation will not be happen on short term; it take several decades to bring the bio-based economy to full development.
Quantifying the ecological impact is a very sensitive issue. Due to the massive hype marketers jump on "green" themes. Thus, often misleading information is disseminated. The objectives of the project Change2Bio are as follows:
Change2Bio addresses the entire value chain of renewable plastics (from farmer to end user).The primary target industry are plastic processors (compounders, melt processors, producers of composites) and companies that are responsible for the further processing steps (presses, assembly, coating, dyeing, printing ...). Further, information is collected and spread among product developers and end users of novel bio-based products.