Projects

The world’s population is increasing rapidly and is set to reach 10 billion people by 2050 – almost one-third higher than it is currently. At the same...

Novel fibre substrates are needed to replace conventional materials and reduce the pressure to use woody biomass to the extent that the carbon sink of...

The FIRST2RUN project will demonstrate the environmental sustainability and economic profitability of an integrated biorefinery in which low input and...

The EU’s drive towards a circular economy has seen increasing numbers of biorefineries established in Europe. As a result of the EU’s bioeconomy...

Ready meal consumption continues to grow throughout Europe – 6.5 billion and growing. The trays they come in are creating vast quantities of waste...

The FUNGUSCHAIN project aims to extract value from the agricultural offcuts of commercial mushroom farming. It seeks to process these offcuts into bio...

FURIOUS is developing versatile polymers to enrich the portfolio of bio-based materials that can replace traditional plastics. The materials will be...

The presence of plastics and microplastics in the environment is an increasing cause for concern, particularly in the ocean. The problem is...

The GRACE project will explore the potential of the non-food industrial crops miscanthus and hemp as a source of biomass for the bio-economy. Both...

Carbon fibre’s exceptionally high strength to weight ratio offers numerous advantages for many applications. However, it is expensive to produce, and...

The economic costs of food waste are reckoned to total around € 705 bn globally. There are also significant hidden environmental and social costs...

Levulinic acid has long been identified as a versatile ‘green’ chemical precursor for many applications. It is widely recognised as a platform...

The GRETE project aims to develop new and better technologies for wood pulp modification, cellulose dissolution and fibre quality generation complying...

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 main aim of the ICT-BIOCHAIN project is to identify ways to use ICT effectively to increase the efficiency of biomass supply chains for the bio...

Plant dry matter, also known as lignocellulosic biomass, is all the material of the plant excluding water. It is the largest source of renewable...

The InDIRECT project aims to develop the use of indirect cascading biorefinery processes to convert underspent side streams from the agricultural and...

There is a steadily-growing demand for bio-based chemicals, as they increasingly find new applications in industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals as...

Against the background of a rising global population and the pressure protein production places on natural resources, sustainable production of...