bio-basedadj.
/ˈbʌɪəʊˌbeɪst/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌbeɪst/ Based on biological materials or processes, esp. in contrast to fossil fuels or petroleum-based products.
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1983 A. Stratton Energy & Feedstocks in Chem. Industry xiv. 265 When the real cost of oil increases..the ratio of real cost of oil-based product to real cost of bio-based product increases.
2000 Environmental Health Perspectives 108 A167/2 One of the goals of the USDA project..is to increase the federal government's use of bio-based fuel by 10% over the next five years.
2007 New Scientist 7 July 31/1 A number of companies worldwide are marketing 100 per cent bio-based plastics, largely for use in packaging and made from lactic acid polymers derived from corn.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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