Fossil-free polymers perform exactly like the fossil-based versions and can be recycled the same way. Each tonne can avoid around 6 tonnes of CO₂. But three barriers are holding the market back:

🔹 EU law can’t tell them apart. Fossil-based and non-fossil polymers are treated as the same thing, so the climate benefit goes completely unrecognised.
🔹 Producers carry the whole green premium. Feedstock costs are about 1.8-2x higher, but the price of many consumer products would rise by less than 1%.
🔹 “Made in EU” rules could come too early. Origin requirements could shut out the feedstocks and early supply needed to build the market before Europe has enough capacity of its own.

In our new white paper, we call on the EU to:
✅ Make certified non-fossil carbon its own legal category
✅ Create predictable demand through targeted measures
✅ Share the green premium across the value chain using existing tools
✅ Add European-origin preferences only once EU capacity can meet demand