Raw materials of biological origin, that is grown, naturally replenished at human time scale, excluding materials embedded in geological formations and/or fossilized. It can either be produced from grown crops (so-called “first-generation” such as maize, rapeseed) or organic residuals and waste (“second-generation” such as agricultural waste, frying oils, manure).
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