Explore circular bioeconomy pathways

PATHWAY LIBRARY

Explore possible ways to connect local bioresources, transformation technologies, products, users and partners within a territorial context. This library brings together pathways developed through PRIMED Living Lab work and supporting reference examples to help users compare options, recognise patterns and frame the questions that need local investigation.

A pathway is a starting point for inquiry — not a ready-to-copy solution

Each pathway represents a possible configuration. Its relevance depends on local resource quality and availability, infrastructure, skills, regulation, market demand, collaboration arrangements, finance and environmental conditions. Use the library to generate ideas and prepare a more informed local conversation; do not treat an entry as a technical feasibility study, business plan or implementation recommendation.

How to use the pathway library

Move from exploration to a working hypothesis by reading each entry in relation to the conditions in your own territory.

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Start with local conditions

Identify the resource or territorial opportunity that matters to you. Consider quantity, quality, origin, seasonality, competing uses, logistics, existing capabilities and the challenges that a pathway might address.

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Read the whole pathway

Look beyond the resource and product. Examine the technology steps, intermediate outputs, actors, users and current maturity of the configuration. A viable pathway depends on how these elements work together.

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Test the fit before acting

Use the entry to identify what must be confirmed locally: supply reliability, technical performance, regulatory fit, environmental effects, investment needs, customer demand, governance, risk allocation and the distribution of benefits.

What a useful pathway record should show

The library is designed to make pathways comparable while preserving the context needed for responsible interpretation.

Configuration and context

  • The territory or operating context, the resource or feedstock and the challenge or opportunity addressed.
  • The pathway logic: processing steps, technologies, intermediate and final products, intended users and indicative scale or maturity.
  • The actors involved, relevant infrastructure, collaboration and governance requirements, and key dependencies.

Evidence, limits and next questions

  • Sources, date checked, record status and a clear distinction between measured data, estimates, assumptions and future ambitions.
  • Technical, economic, environmental, social, regulatory and logistical conditions that affect whether the pathway could be adapted elsewhere.
  • The questions a territorial partnership should investigate before progressing to design, investment or implementation.

Browse the pathway library

Use the filters to explore entries by resource, technology, product and maturity. Compare several configurations before selecting one to examine in greater depth. Where a record does not yet display complete source or validation metadata, treat it as a discovery cue and verify the underlying information before relying on it for decisions.

Prototype library status: the initial database population consolidated pathways designed in PRIMED Living Labs and was complemented with desk-research references. The collection will develop as records are reviewed, enriched with sources and made ready for publication.

Move from a reference pathway to a local working hypothesis

When you have identified a configuration worth exploring, use the pathway designer to assemble the resource, technologies, products and stakeholder considerations for your territory. Record assumptions and uncertainties openly, then use the collaboration tools to engage the people who need to validate and develop the pathway.

DESIGN A PATHWAY