Wisconsin Circular Bioeconomy Workshops

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A robust, circular, bio-based economy would create jobs, help decarbonize Wisconsin industries, and promote statewide rural economic development.

WEI has been hosting a series of workshops and events around the state that are helping to lay the groundwork for the development and growth of a circular, bio-based economy in Wisconsin. Funded by a $125,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), the events bring together and facilitate collaboration between the diverse stakeholders in the circular bioeconomy ecosystem, in which renewable and waste resources are used as raw materials, substituting biomass-based and recycled carbon for fossil carbon in energy and products.

These events are connecting agricultural and forestry producers, technology innovators, industry, and policymakers to identify and explore the economic gaps and opportunities and establish the stakeholder networks that are critically necessary to developing a robust circular bioeconomy.

Workshops to date have been held on key new and emerging areas of the bioeconomy: Renewable Natural Gas, Carbon Management, Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Biobased Chemicals, and Sustainable and Healthy Landscapes for a Circular Bioeconomy. Another workshop reviewed and prioritized learning from each of the earlier workshops held on these major areas of the bioeconomy.

Future events will be online, hybrid, and in locations across the State of Wisconsin.

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