The European Green Deal is the European Commission’s plan to make the EU’s economy sustainable, thereby boosting the efficient use of resources by moving to a clean, circular economy. It aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, through decoupling economic growth from resource use.

This regulatory initiative impacts the way how companies design their new products and their choice of materials. In this context, it is important to understand which elastomers are best positioned to help improve design flexibility, and further contribute to circular economy models.