Projects

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...

Agri-plastic pollution poses a global risk by degrading soil health, reducing soil fertility, threatening biodiversity, and contaminating water...

As Europe in particular seeks to transition to a bio-based economy, it is important that the sources of feedstock are maximised. One potentially...

Modern agriculture relies heavily on fertilisers to help plants grow and keep crop yields high. Most of them are however made of non-renewable...

The Andean lupin has long been grown in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. These plants are also suitable for cultivation in Europe, where they can thrive on...

The global carbon fibre based composites market is worth an estimated €25 bn. However, using fossil resources to produce the main precursor for carbon...

Europe is shifting to an economy that is making greater and more sustainable use of renewable resources. Aside from the clear environmental benefits...

The issue of sustainability is multifactorial; it is not restricted to the materials with which items are fabricated; it also embraces the various...

The aim of LigniOx project is to demonstrate the techno-economic viability of the unique alkali-O2 oxidation technology (LigniOx) for the conversion...

Straw is a common waste generated by agriculture. Until now, farmers did not have any efficient use for their straw and relied on traditional...

Fossil-based chemicals contribute to pollution, GHG emissions, and resource depletion. As a natural plant material and by-product of the paper...

LIPES is dedicated to bringing the first market replication of greener and healthier fatty acids. The objective is to create high purity bio-based...

LUCRA will use the EU’s abundant and underutilised organic municipal solid waste and wood waste to produce bio-based succinic acid – a platform...

The MACRO CASCADE project will prove the concept of the cascading marine macroalgal biorefinery. This is a production platform that covers the entire...

MAGNIFICENT seeks to develop a new value chain for food, aquafeed and cosmetic ingredients based on microalgae. Currently, market opportunities for...

Plastic recycling is a major technological challenge. Currently, only 14 per cent is recycled, with 72 per cent simply not recovered at all. Despite...

While livestock is an extremely important activity for the European rural economy, it has a significant environmental impact due to the billion tonnes...

With the global population expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, managing the planet's limited resources is becoming increasingly urgent. Despite...

Mixed biowaste from the agri-food sector is both abundant and rich in valuable compounds. But its potential is largely untapped: 75% of it goes into...