Innovative forest products in the circular bioeconomy

Background: The forest-based industry has been moving towards the manufacture of bio-based products in response to increasing concern by consumers and governments regarding use non-renewable materials generation residues. Various innovative technologies geared reducing environmental footprint processes are currently being developed applied industry. This study presents some wood-based that about enter market or already commercialized but have potential expand size. Methods: We collected data from interviews a survey with organisations working product development manufacturing, literature. Results: Many produced at an industrial scale, such as cross-laminated timber, composites, lyocell, can still increase their share coming years. Some up-and-coming high substitute fossil-based will likely near future wood foam, lignin-based adhesives, glycols, bioplastics, textile fibres. Our indicates that, although biomass demand is expected increase, stakeholders do not consider supply limiting factor. Conclusions: The ease introduction relies heavily on products’ ability take advantage existing value chains. Overall, many reviewed ‘drop-in’. because require adjustments production lines less get into without strong external drivers push for alternatives. According stakeholders, economic viability expansion these could be encouraged certain extent EU policies, barriers alleviated bureaucracy, support pilot-scale full-scale production, subsidies alternatives.