After the publication of its European Green Deal (Annex) in early December last year, the European Commission (EC) recently issued one of the deal’s key deliverables: the new Circular Economy Action Plan (nCEAP). Amongst several other crucial elements, whose publication was scheduled for March, the nCEAP is of special significance for the bioplastics industry. European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomed the action plan as an ambitious step forward to transfer Europe into a real circular economy. It is very positive to finally see that the EC established a closer link between bioeconomy and circular economy. “As EUBP, w