Projects

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Pro-Enrich project will demonstrate a new business model for extracting high-value components from agricultural side streams, demonstrating...

Agro-industrial residual biomass, side streams and food production by-products such as legumes, fungi and coffee are likely to constitute rich sources...

A growing population means a growing demand for protein. However, we can no longer fully depend on animal sources to meet our protein needs; it is...

PROMISEANG aims to develop novel proteins from underexploited marine sources, including marine invertebrate and macroalgae discards and industrial...

PROVIDES will develop a new, sustainable and techno-economically feasible pulping technology for wood and agro-based lignocelluloses. Using a new...

Europe produces around 13 million tonnes of sugar beet pulp each year. Currently, most of this pulp finds its way into low value feed, bio-fertilizer...

Project PULPACKTION will develop cellulose-based packaging solutions for the specific demands of the food and electronic packaging industries...

Plastics dominate the packaging sector, and their use in the agri-food value chain dominates the demand for plastic packaging. Of a global production...

Global warming caused by greenhouse gases (GHGs) is one of the greatest challenges and concerns for humanity. Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are...