Novamont

Eni S.p.A. response to the call for evidence for the ‘Circular Economy Act’ Eni S.p.A. welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to introduce a Circular Economy Act, which can play a pivotal role in supporting the development of a single market for waste and secondary raw materials while increasing the supply and demand for secondary raw materials and circular products.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

On 30 November 2022, the European Commission presented the proposal for a Regulation on a new regulatory framework for packaging and packaging waste (PPWR). Though the proposal goes in the right direction by acknowledging that compostable applications have a beneficial role to play in the circular economy (see in particular art.

NOVAMONT FEEDBACK ON THE CONSULTATION ON THE REVISION ON ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTES: FOCUS ON BIODEGRADABLE & COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS PACKAGING The review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) in 2018 required the European Commission to examine the feasibility of reinforcing the Essential Requirements (ERs) for packaging with a view to “improving design for reuse and promoting high quality recycling, as…

Food waste collection (and – prevention) is crucial for the objectives of the waste framework directive. Zero Waste Europe reported that only 26% of the food waste generated is separately collected. This means that the majority of food waste is landfilled or incinerated.

The prevention, collection and organic recycling of bio-waste is one of Europe’s biggest challenges. The New Waste Framework Directive (WFD), included in the Circular Economy Package, mandates the introduction of separate collection of bio-waste as of 1 Jan 2024.

The proposal to set up a European Union certification framework for carbon removals represents a unique opportunity to add value to products and activities which systemically promote decarbonisation and the protection of natural resources from pollution and depletion.

Carbon farming certification should apply model frameworks for land management that emphasizes carbon as an organizing principle. Land management within this framework leads to enhanced rates of carbon capture, increases the provision of important ecosystem services (including water), builds agricultural resilience, and mitigates climate change.

Novamont S.p.A is a global leader in the production of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics and in the development of biochemicals from renewable sources. Novamont welcomes the considerations of the Green Claims proposal and wishes to provide comment on this topic.

The promotion of circular bioeconomy should be considered as a key element in the strategy aimed at making products placed on the EU market more sustainable. In fact, the circular bioeconomy is the economic sector that is based on the sustainable use of renewable resources for the development of applications that are (eco)designed not to integrally substitute all the fossil-based alternatives, but to be a solution…

We welcome the Biotech Act, to speed up the development of biotechnology and biomanufacturing, being the former a key tool to enhance the use of renewable raw materials and scraps, boosting the bioeconomy in different sectors as agriculture, energy and chemical industry.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Novamont - since 2023 part of Versalis, Enis chemical company is pioneer in the circular bioeconomy and among the international players in the production of bio-based biodegradable/compostable plastics, biochemicals and bioproducts, welcomes the Biotech Act II.

We welcome the development of the Innovation Act, to foster the innovation and remove the barriers that do not allow the innovative companies to scale up their products and access the market, promoting industrial development in strategic sectors related to circular economy and bioeconomy.

Novamont (Versalis, Eni) welcomes the opportunity to provide evidence to the European Commissions evaluation of Directive (EU) 2019/904 on single-use plastics (SUPD). We fully support the Directives objective to mitigate the environmental impacts of selected singleuse plastic productsparticularly with regard to marine litter.

We welcome the implementation of Nature Credits aimed at giving value to those activities that provide meaningful advantages to the ecosystems. As reported in the Roadmap Towards Nature Credits (COM(2025) 374 final), with a view to strengthening the bioeconomy, these tools can also provide an opportunity to generate income to the people involved in the protection, restoration, and sustainable management of…

Europe needs a holistic industrial transformation which gives access to competitively priced energy and raw materials, with a focus on export competitiveness allowing for workable, timely and accessibly funding support for operating costs and capital expenditures.

Microplastics pollution – measures to reduce its impact on the environment – Novamont feedback The proposal under consultation is requiring the development of a standardized methodology to prevent pellet losses to the environment for the entire pellet supply chain.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

We fully support the objective of aligning the regulatory framework to an EU-wide target to reduce emissions by 55% in 2030 (compared to 1990 levels) and with the goal of becoming a climate-neutral economy in 2050, while ensuring a just transition. We welcome the Commission’s inception Impact Assessment on Amending the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Regulation (LULUCF) - (EU) 2018/841.

We would like to address two aspects of the Fertilizing Product Regulation 2019/1009: 1. inclusion of biodegradable mulch films in CMC9 and definition of biodegradability criteria for coating agents and water retention polymers 2. possibility to implement other sources and range of feedstocks to be considered as source of fertilizers.