Objective
In BIOCLEAN project, novel and robust microorganisms (aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, and fungi) able to extensively degrade polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrol (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) polymers and plastics will be isolated from actual-site aged plastic wastes obtained from several European marine and terrestrial sites, composting facilities and landfills, and obtained via tailored screenings from existing European collections of microbes. Robust enzymes able to fragment the target plastics with the production of valuable chemicals and building blocks will be obtained from the selected microbes and enzyme collections. Untreated and physically/chemically pre-treated PE, PS, PP and PVC polymers and plastics will be employed in such isolation/ screening activities, and an integrated methodology, relying on advanced analytical methods (determining plastics physicochemical changes and breakdown products resulting from biological attack), and tailored enzymatic, microbiological and ecotoxicological methods, will be adopted for the characterization of actual industrial relevance of the obtained microbes and enzymes. Physical and chemical pretreatments improving biodegradability of target plastics will be identified and transferred on the pilot scale. The most promising microbial cultures and enzymes will be exploited in the development of pilot scale, slurry or solid-phase bioprocesses for the bioremediation and controlled depolymerization, respectively, of target pretreated plastics and in the set up of tailored bioaugmentation protocols for enhancing plastic waste biodegradation in marine water systems, composting and anaerobic digestor facilities. The processes developed will be assessed for their economical and environmental sustainability. Field scale validation of the most promising bioaugmentation protocols in a composting and a marine site and attempts to develop a plastic pollution reduction strategy for the Aegean Sea have been planned too
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- engineering and technology environmental biotechnology bioremediation
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology mycology
- natural sciences chemical sciences polymer sciences
- engineering and technology environmental engineering waste management waste treatment processes
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins enzymes
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FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
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40126 Bologna
Italy
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02763 ZITTAU
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5210 Windisch
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73132 CHANIA
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04318 LEIPZIG
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2022 Bevaix
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01069 DRESDEN
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701 03 OSTRAVA
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75794 Paris
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41 819 Zabrze
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9000 GENT
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40132 BOLOGNA BO
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63360 SAINT-BEAUZIRE
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18545 PEIRAIAS
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210093 NANJING
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73135 CHANIA
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5353 STRAUME FJELL
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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41366 SCHWALMTAL
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5817 Bergen
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