Projects

As the world’s population increases, it needs more textiles. A source with great potential for long term increase in production volumes are man-made...

Converting waste into resources is key to a circular economy; Europe produces more than 2.5 billion tonnes of waste per year. Around 20 percent of...

In 2015, the countries of the EU, along with Switzerland and Norway, used almost 50 million tonnes of plastic. Around 40 percent of this was in the...

Scaling up sustainable and biodegradable materials is crucial for the future advancement of European industry. Currently, many bio-based alternatives...

Olive groves are a common sight throughout southern Europe, particularly in the Mediterranean countries and in Portugal. While the fruit of the olive...

Forests and forestry play a crucial role in the European bioeconomy. They can act as a vital catalyst in enhancing European competitiveness, reducing...

The OPTISOCHEM project will demonstrate the feasibility of transforming excess wheat straw into bio-Isobutene (bio-IBN) derivatives. It will develop...

Circular bioeconomy is crucial for achieving Europe’s competitive economy and climate targets, but it still faces technical and logistical barriers...

PEFerence will establish a unique, industrial scale, cost-effective biorefinery flagship plant producing FDCA (furan dicarboxylic acid), a bio-based...

PERCAL will use Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as a feedstock for developing intermediate chemical products, producing high yield with high purity...

The pursuit of a climate-neutral Europe and a truly circular economy requires attention to virtually all fields of production if fossil-based...

Current production of biodegradable polymers, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), typically employs batch or sequencing-batch processes, which...

In the pursuit of a circular economy, it is important to identify and use potential feedstocks to their maximum potential and value. Despite this...

Mating disruption offers an effective solution to pest control and an alternative to current chemical-based insecticides. This approach uses insect...

In Europe, the potential for cultivating industrial crops as bioeconomy feedstock lies in degraded, polluted, and saline soils, rendering them...

A key challenge for the bio-economy is to bring newly developed molecules and techniques from the lab to the market. The main bottleneck in the...

Emissions from livestock are a major contributor to rising CO 2 levels causing almost 15 per cent of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. In...

Biopolymers offer high antimicrobial, antioxidant, absorbency, skin compatibility for high performance demanding skin-contact applications. These...

Although bioplastics offer numerous environmental benefits, they currently represent just 1.5% of global plastic production. Achieving a much larger...

Today’s society increasingly relies on plastic materials leading to an important impact on climate change and planetary health. Over 97% of plastics...