Environmental sustainability and bioeconomy
The impacts of conventional biofuels
The impacts of lubricants
The impacts of fiber products
The impacts of food & feed additives
The impacts of personal & home care
The impacts of advanced biofuels
The impacts of bioplastics
The impacts of green chemicals
Social impacts
-Rising food prices
-Shortages in third countries
Environment impacts
-Use of food crops
-Higher food prices
Economic impacts
-More land and water necessary
-Feedstock requires high fertilizer inputs
Social impacts
-Energy corps may push aside land use for food crops
Economic impacts
-Collection of residues is coslty
-Costs not competitive to conventional biofuels.
Environment impacts
-Rises for soil degradation-
Negative impacts on biodiversity and water.
Environment impacts
-recyclable
Social impacts
-competition on of feedstock with food consumption
Economic impacts
-higher production costs
Economic impacts
-reduced waste disposal costs
Economic impacts
-small market
Economic impacts
-consumer unready to pay high prices
Economic impacts
-Competition with food and bioenergy industry
Economic impacts
-Total production volumes and market are small
Environment impacts
-Biodegradable
-lower energy consumption
Environment impacts
-biodegradable
-conserving fossil resources
Environment impacts
-Replacement of chemical production processes
Environment impacts
-Recylable
-Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
Environment impacts
-Cultivation of microorganisms contribution to more sustainable society
Social impacts
-lower toxicity
Social impacts
-Job creation
Social impacts
-job opportunities for feedstock producers
Social impacts
-Reduced human and marine toxicity
Social impacts
-Non-visible until now
The impacts of industrial, aircraft & automotive parts
Economic impacts
-costs efficiency
Environment impacts
-less energy consumption
-Reduced carbon dioxide emissions
Social impacts-
employment in rural feedstock production