Project description
Bio-based adhesives for environmentally friendly wood-based materials
SUSBOARD aims to develop and demonstrate the first 100 % bio-based, formaldehyde-free adhesive for industrial wood board production by replacing fossil-based amines with bio-based polylysine. Building on the previous SusBind project, which developed an adhesive with over 80 % renewable content, the EU-funded SUSBOARD project will replace the remaining fossil-based components to achieve a fully bio-based formulation. Initial tests have shown improved strength compared to earlier bio-based adhesives. The project will scale up adhesive production to multi-tonne levels and validate its performance in both particleboard (PB) and medium-density fiberboard (MDF) manufacturing at laboratory and industrial scales. The result will be the first cost-competitive, fully bio-based adhesive for industrial use, enabling more sustainable, fossil-free wood board and furniture production, and reducing dependence on petrochemical materials.
Objective
The production of wood-based materials is an important industrial sector in the EU: approx. 40 million m³ particleboards (PB) and 20 million m³ medium density fiberboards (MDF) are produced in Europe every year, utilizing about 5 million tonnes of fossil-based adhesives.To reduce the climate impact of these products, the substitution of fossil-based chemicals in these adhesives is necessary. Moreover, most of the currently used adhesives contain formaldehyde, which is a cancerogenic substance.
In SUSBOARD, partners along the whole value chain from renewable resources to furniture come together to bring a 100% bio-based, formaldehyde-free, technically and economically viable adhesive close to market. In the previous RIA project SusBind, an adhesive based on over 80% of renewable material was developed and demonstrated to function in high-quality boards. SUSBOARD will substitute the fossil-based component of this adhesive system with bio-based polylysine, thereby delivering a 100% bio-based solution. This new adhesive system showed very promising results during preliminary testing, where it surpassed the SusBind adhesive in terms of strength development. The adhesive production will be scaled to multi ton-scale and the adhesive will be tested in two different applications, the production of PB and MDF. The SUSBOARD consortium will validate the technical and quality-related performance of the adhesive in industrial board production as well as the board quality for further processing and furniture production.
The whole project will be accompanied by an SSbD analysis to ensure sustainability and demonstrate the lower impact of the new adhesive on the environment (up to 30% lower CO2 footprint) and human health.
The developed adhesive will be the first cost-competitive, sustainable and completely bio-based adhesive for industrial wood board production. The project partners are therefore leading the way to more sustainable, fossil-free furniture production.
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HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
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HORIZON.2.6.6 - Bio-based Innovation Systems in the EU Bioeconomy
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HORIZON-JU-IA - HORIZON JU Innovation Actions
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024
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