A feasibility study, to investigate and verify the commercial and industrial viability of a wastewater processing solution to generate bioplastics from agri-food and municipal wastewater sources.

Projektinformationen

EggPlant

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 718097

DOI 10.3030/718097

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 29 Februar 2016

Startdatum 1 Februar 2016

Enddatum 31 Mai 2016

Finanziert unter

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Gesamtkosten € 71 429,00

EU-Beitrag € 50 000,00

Koordiniert durch

EGGPLANT SOCIETA A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA
Italy

Ziel

Currently, the bioplastics industry is restricted by the high cost of PHA and PHB bioplastics, despite the global capacity for their production outstripping commonly-used hydrocarbon-based thermoplastics and alternative bioplastic solutions; contemporary bioplastics that can compete with hydrocarbon thermoplastics are derived from crops (primarily using starch compounds), creating a conflict between using crops for food or as an industrial raw material, and increasing the cost of food. Furthermore, wastewater presents itself as a constant burden for industry, particularly wastewater containing nutrients that can potentially lead to a high biological oxygen demand (BOD) which damages aquatic ecosystems. The Eggplant is an innovative two-phase water treatment procedure that filters industrial wastewater and applies a three-stage post-filtration process. Through this process, each Eggplant uses wastewater as a raw material for the production of bioplastics using a commercial bacterial culture. Critically, the water at the end of the process is purified and safe to be used as drinking water or for release into watercourses. The primary value of Eggplant is the reduction of waste from agri-food industrial wastewater from twofold to zero – filtration removes the majority of pollutants and fermentation removes organic contaminants. The resulting concentrate is then processed into PHA and PHB bioplastics. Moreover, an Eggplant, through the use of concentrated substrate can generate 3-4 times as much bioplastic from an equivalent volume of wastewater.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › drinking water treatment processes
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › wastewater treatment processes
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology › limnology
• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › biomaterials › bioplastics › polyhydroxyalkanoates
• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › bioprocessing technologies › fermentation

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Thema/Themen

• SFS-08-2015-1 - Resource-efficient eco-innovative food production and processing

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015

Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigen

Unterauftrag

H2020-SMEINST-1-2015

Finanzierungsplan

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Koordinator

EGGPLANT SOCIETA A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 50 000,00
• Adresse: VIA DON MINZONI 27 ; 70044 POLIGNANO A MARE (BA) ; Italien
• KMU Die Organisation definierte sich zum Zeitpunkt der Unterzeichnung der Finanzhilfevereinbarung selbst als KMU (Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen). Ja:
  Region
  Sud › Puglia › Bari
• Region: Sud › Puglia › Bari
• Aktivitätstyp: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Gesamtkosten: € 71 429,00