Definition: resource derived from biomass.

Notes on definition:

• Note 1 to entry: Biobased resources exclude any material embedded in geological formations or transformed to fossilized material.
• Note 2 to entry: Biobased resources include, for example, trees, crops, grasses, tree litter, algae, microorganisms, animals and wastes of biological origin, e.g., manure.
• Note 3 to entry: Biobased resource focuses on the source of the material and not the ability of the resource to cycle through the technical or biological cycles.

Source: ISO 59004:2024

Type of source: Standards

CLEPA comments:

• Comment 1: further categorizations of biobased materials based on the origin of materials are available as follows:
  ” first-generation” were the crops and plants are used to produce bio-based chemicals and materials.
  ” Second generation” biomass / feedstock refers to lignocellulosic crops, such as forest wood or fibre crops, or the non-edible part of food and feed crop.
  “Third generation” biomass / feedstock is biomass derived from algae .
  Source: Dammer, L., Carus, M., Porc, O. 2023: The Use of Food and Feed Crops for Bio-based Materials and the Related Effects on Food Security. Renewable Carbon Initiative (ed.), Hürth 2023