More and more member states are adopting bioeconomy plans and the EU is actively encouraging its Central and Eastern European partners to develop their own strategies. EurActiv Slovakia talked to the Commission’s John Bell, director of the European Commission’s Bioeconomy Directorate. 

Both bioeconomy and circular economy are part of the “green economy”, whose goal is to increase prosperity while maintaining the natural systems that sustain us. Although bioeconomy and circular economy share this common vision, they are not two identical concepts..Read more.