Projects

The AFTERLIFE project proposes a flexible, cost- and resource-efficient process for recovering and valorising the relevant fractions from wastewater...

Around a third of all food produced globally is wasted each year. This waste occurs throughout the whole value chain, from farmers to consumers...

BioBarr will develop new bio-based and biodegradable food packaging materials by improving the barrier function of the biopolymer PHAs...

A significant proportion of used plastics – in some countries more than two-thirds – is either incinerated or sent to landfill; with only a small...

The BIOSMART project proposal will develop active and smart bio-based and compostable packages to meet the needs of both fresh and pre-treated food...

The increasing public desire for sustainable products is driving a growing demand for bioplastics in the packing sector in order to minimise...

Packaging is essential for transporting and protecting food and goods and communicating end-user information. The food packaging industry, agile to...

The EU generates almost 140 million tonnes of urban organic waste every year. Around 75 % of this is incinerated or landfilled and has a major...

ELLIPSE will produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) – natural biodegradable polyesters – using significant, locally available and renewable waste...

Ready meal consumption has grown in Europe in the last decades, reaching 6.5 billion and still increasing. Their packaging creates vast quantities of...

HICCUPS proposes a resource-efficient way of capturing CO2 emissions from wastewater treatment plants and turning them into bio-based plastics for...

Biodegradable packing seems everywhere, but in fact is not used for a range of demanding applications. For many food products, current materials do...

The MOEBIOS project addresses the challenges of recycling bioplastics in three key value chains: plastic packaging, synthetic textiles, and...

Global plastic production relies heavily on petrochemicals – around 8 % of the world oil production goes to manufacturing plastics. However, there is...

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...

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

Bio-based plastics offer an eco-friendly alternative to fossil-based ones, with the potential for efficient recycling through chemical...

The PULPACKTION project developed cellulose-based packaging solutions for the specific demands of the food and electronic packaging industries...

Thanks to the development and implementation of several innovative technologies with a strong focus on the efficient use of energy, water and...

RefuCoat seeks to develop hybrid bio-based high oxygen/water barrier and active coatings to be used in monolayer bio-based packaging (films and trays)...