The European Sustainable Chemicals Support Service kicks off this week with its first meeting and the selection of six model regions in the field of sustainable chemicals production.
The European Commission has selected 6 'model demonstrator regions' in Europe to lead the way towards a sustainable chemical production in Europe. The selected regions are Andalusia (Spain), Groningen-Drenthe (The Netherlands), Kosice (Slovakia), Scotland (United Kingdom), South and Eastern Ireland (United Kingdom) and Wallonia (Belgium).
The 6 regions have been selected from 28 applicants from EU regions, and will receive advisory support from the 'European Sustainable Chemicals Support Service' (ESCS), led by the European Commission and CIRCE (Center for Intelligent Research in Crystal Engineering). The aim is to encourage investments in sustainable chemicals production in Europe that will contribute to the development of the circular economy, for example by taking advantage of domestically available feedstock such as biomass, waste or CO2.
Background
In a call for the expression of interest in September 2015, the Commission asked for applications from regional organisations interested in developing ambitious strategies to support sustainable chemicals in Europe. The final aim is to attract new investments in industrial projects in the chemicals sector, thereby also contributing to the industry policy objective of raising the GDP share of manufacturing in Europe. The call also intended to lead to further development of coherent policies, such as those related to circular and low carbon economy, industrial symbiosis as well as removing investment bottlenecks.
The applications submitted clearly show the commitment of many regions in Europe to move towards circular economy and low carbon economy, by using renewable resources also for chemicals production. Experiences from the initiative will be shared with other interested European regions, to boost cooperation between the chemicals sector and other sectors, like agriculture, forestry, energy intensive industries, waste management and recycling.
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The European Commission has selected 6 'model demonstrator regions' in Europe to lead the way
towards a sustainable chemical production in Europe. The selected regions are Andalusia (Spain),
Groningen-Drenthe (The Netherlands), Kosice (Slovakia), Scotland (United Kingdom), South and
Eastern Ireland (United Kingdom) and Wallonia (Belgium).
The six regions have been selected from 28 applicants from EU regions, and will receive advisory
support from the 'European Sustainable Chemicals Support Service' (ESCS), led by the European
Commission and CIRCE (Center for Intelligent Research in Crystal Engineering). The aim is to
encourage investments in sustainable chemicals production in Europe that will contribute to the
development of the circular economy, for example by taking advantage of domestically available
feedstock such as biomass, waste or CO2.
Background
In a call for the expression of interest in September 2015, the Commission asked for applications
from regional organisations interested in developing ambitious strategies to support sustainable
chemicals in Europe. The final aim is to attract new investments in industrial projects in the
chemicals sector, thereby also contributing to the industry policy objective of raising the GDP share
of manufacturing in Europe. The call also intended to lead to further development of coherent
policies, such as those related to circular and low carbon economy, industrial symbiosis as well as
removing investment bottlenecks.
The applications submitted clearly shows the commitment of many regions in Europe to move
towards circular economy and low carbon economy, by using renewable resources also for
chemicals production. Experiences from the initiative will be shared with other interested European
regions, to boost cooperation between the chemicals sector and other sectors, like agriculture,
forestry, energy intensive industries, waste management and recycling.
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