TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Adhesives
Roquette has received the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Bio-based Product label. The product, BIOSUCCINIUM® succinic acid, is now able to display a unique USDA label that highlights its percentage of bio-based content.
One of the goals of the BioPreferred Program is to increase the development, purchase and use of biobased products.
Label Displays Product's Bio-based Content
The USDA Certified Bio-based Product label displays a product's bio-based content, which is the portion of a product that comes from a renewable source, such as plant, animal, marine, or forestry feedstocks. Utilizing renewable, bio-based materials displaces the need for non-renewable petroleum-based chemicals.
Bio-based products, through petroleum displacement, have played an increasingly important role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that exacerbate global climate change.
Bio-based products are cost-comparative, readily available, and perform as well as or better than their conventional counterparts.
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We are very pleased to be part of this program. With this, we can bring the right value to our product and our customers, that will thus reinforce our leading position. This will bring us a step forward to the point of differentiation not only for the biodegradable plastic but also various coating applications.” said Franck Thumerel, Head of Performance Materials at Roquette.”
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We applaud Roquette for earning the USDA Certified Bio-based Product label," said Vernell Thompson, USDA BioPreferred Program. "
Products from Roquette are contributing to an ever-expanding marketplace that adds value to renewable agriculture commodities, creates jobs in rural communities, and decreases our reliance on petroleum."
According to a report that USDA released in July 2019, bio-based products contributed $459 billion to the U.S. economy in 2016 (a 17% increase from 2014) and support, directly and indirectly, 4.6 million jobs. The report's research team estimates the reduction of fossil fuels and associated GHG emissions from bio-based products equivalent to approximately 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO
2) prevented as of 2016.
The increased production of renewable chemicals and bio-based products contributes to the development and expansion of the U.S. bio-economy - where society looks to agriculture for sustainable sources of fuel, energy, chemicals, and products.
Source: Roquette