BioReCer aims at assessing and complementing current certification schemes for biological resources according to the new EU sustainability goals to enhance bio-based circular systems.

This will be achieved by including new criteria that align with EU taxonomy and EU corporate due diligence regulations into guidelines for certifying biological resources’ sustainability, origin, tracking and traceability (T&T), and by ensuring applicability at EU and global scale.

By promoting the sustainability and trade of biological resources, BioReCer will increase the added value, use, as well as social acceptance of bio-based products.

Part of the specific objectives of the project is to map the current European biomass flows in 4 main sectors:

1. Fishery
2. Urban waste and wastewater
3. Agriculture
4. Forestry

This database presents information on over 30 biomass feedstocks from across this sectors and is estimated to cover approx. 90% of the available secondary biological feedstocks in the EU. 

Table 1 shows the amount of secondary biomass produced by feedstock and their fates.

Table 2 shows the amount of primary biomass prodused, imported and exported to and from Europe.

This database is based on the work done for derivable 2.1 - Main biological feedstocks flows.