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 Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologymycologynatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE.2012.3.5-02 - Biotechnological solutions for the degradation of synthetic polymeric materials (The Ocean of Tomorrow) Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs) Coordinator ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA EU contribution € 439 106,09 Address VIA ZAMBONI 33 40126 Bologna Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Bologna Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Arianna Morelli (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (19) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Internationales Hochschulinstitut Zittau Participation ended Germany EU contribution € 8 042,86 Address Markt 23 02763 ZITTAU See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Martin Hofrichter (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ FHNW Switzerland EU contribution € 300 199,00 Address BAHNHOFSTRASSE 6 5210 Windisch See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Nordwestschweiz Aargau Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Philippe Francois-Xavier Corvini (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE Greece EU contribution € 300 000,00 Address AGIOU MARKOU STR. 73132 CHANIA See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Despina Pantelaki (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ Germany EU contribution € 189 970,00 Address PERMOSERSTRASSE 15 04318 Leipzig See on map Region Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Annette Schmidt (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MADEP SA Switzerland EU contribution € 150 000,00 Address chemin des Maladières 22 2022 Bevaix See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Trello Beffa (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN Germany EU contribution € 181 954,18 Address HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 10 01069 Dresden See on map Region Sachsen Dresden Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Martin Hofrichter (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OSTRAVSKA UNIVERZITA Czechia EU contribution € 209 958,00 Address DVORAKOVA 7 701 03 Ostrava See on map Region Česko Moravskoslezsko Moravskoslezský kraj Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Katerina Malachova (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 179 934,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Pascaline Toutois (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRUM MATERIALOW POLIMEROWYCH IWEGLOWYCH POLSKA AKADEMIA NAUK*CMPIW PAN Poland EU contribution € 149 940,00 Address UL. 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Larsen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PLASTICSEUROPE AISBL Belgium EU contribution € 85 000,00 Address RUE BELLIARD 40 1040 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. 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