Description du projet
Les champignons dans la mode pour des tissus respectueux de l’environnement
Le mycélium est la partie végétative d’un champignon constitué de longues structures filiformes et entrelacées. De tels réseaux de fils fongiques sont remarquables. En réalité, le mycélium peut être utilisé pour développer des produits innovants dans plusieurs industries, allant de l’emballage (agroalimentaire) au textile. Il s’agit d’une bonne nouvelle pour l’industrie de la mode, où les textiles durables et biodégradables constituent un complément bienvenu à la garde-robe moderne de la «mode rapide». Le projet MY-FI, financé par l’UE, permettra de concevoir un nouveau tissu non tissé en microfibres de mycélium, plus performant et plus respectueux de l’environnement que les fibres actuellement disponibles sur le marché. Le projet optimisera et améliorera les nouveaux protocoles de biofabrication, ainsi que le traitement par voie humide et l’apprêt des matériaux. Son objectif est de répondre à la demande des consommateurs pour des produits textiles durables et respectueux de l’environnement.
Objectif
The aim of MY-FI is to provide the textile industry with a new nonwoven fabrics made of mycelium fibres, with improved performances and reduced environmental impact in comparison with current commercially available fibres. Mycelium fibres are obtained by fungal fermentation, starting from the residues of the textile indusrty, using a mild process and can be used to produce sustainable and performing nonwoven fabrics. Mycelium fibres indeed can extend the field of use of nonwoven fabrics to demanding or luxury applications. In virtue of their properties and aesthetics, mycelium fibres can be adopted, for example, in automotive or footwear applications that currently use animal leather as preferred material. In MY-FI new biofabrication protocols will be optimized and upscaled together with wet processing and material finishing to provide a set of innovative solutions to help the textile industry in facing the challenges posed by the complex megatrends that are quickly chagning markets and customers' lifestyles globally.
The mission of MY-FI is to develop a biobased textile, with advanced functionalities, sustainability and performance, achieving four high level goals:
1. empowering the textile industry to successfully face the challenges posed by the emerging global trends;
2. meet the consumer demand for new functional and sustainable textile products;
3. relief the environmental pressure related to the textile industry, developing a circular and biobased textile that does not generate microplastics.
4. engage the textile stakeholders and provide guidance to policymakers
Mycelium fabrics indeed are fully biobased and sustainable, obtained from circular value chains, widely customizable, highly performing, and can be produced using advanced manufacturing process. Thanks to these properties they have the potential to meet the market demands for sustainable and performing materials, allowing designers and brands to create more functional products.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybioprocessing technologiesfermentation
Programme(s)
- 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.3.2.4.3. - Supporting market development for bio-based products and processes
- H2020-EU.3.2.4.2. - Developing integrated biorefineries
Régime de financement
IA - Innovation actionCoordinateur
21020 Inarzo
Italie
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.