Proposals under this topic are expected to support the EU Initiative on Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing, the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, and its action plan, the EU Zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment under the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the EU Industrial strategy, the EU Biodiversity strategy 2030, the Regulation on Deforestation-free Products.
Projects results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Wider availability of sustainable sources of natural and/or bio-based synthetic rubber supporting European industrial competitiveness and strategic autonomy across various sectors of the (bio)economy.
- Competitive and robust production routes for natural and/or synthetic rubber, with high environmental performance, resource efficiency and sustainability.
- Biomanufactured alternatives to conventional natural and/or to fossil-based synthetic rubber meeting market requirements for targeted final applications
Rubber-based products have a wide array of applications such as automotive, construction, industrial, healthcare products and consumer goods. The market is roughly equally divided between natural rubber and fossil-based synthetic rubber. Natural rubber (NR), included originally in 2017 on the list of 'critical European raw materials', as one of the few 'biotic' critical raw materials, is found in more than 40,000 products and in many applications. Increasing NR
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