Descrizione del progetto
I funghi per la moda rispondono alla richiesta di tessuti eco-compatibili
Il micelio è la parte vegetativa di un fungo costituita da strutture lunghe, filiformi e intrecciate. Tali reti di filamenti fungini sono notevoli. In effetti, il micelio può essere utilizzato per sviluppare prodotti innovativi per diversi settori, dall’imballaggio al tessile. Questa è una notizia particolarmente positiva per l’industria della moda, dove i tessuti sostenibili e biodegradabili sono una gradita aggiunta al moderno guardaroba «fast fashion». Il progetto MY-FI, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà un nuovo tessuto non tessuto costituito da microfibre di micelio, con prestazioni migliorate e un impatto ambientale ridotto rispetto alle fibre attualmente disponibili in commercio. Il progetto ottimizzerà e migliorerà i nuovi protocolli di biofabbricazione insieme alla lavorazione a umido e alla finitura dei materiali. Il suo obiettivo è soddisfare la domanda dei consumatori di prodotti tessili sostenibili ed eco-compatibili.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybioprocessing technologiesfermentation
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- 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
Meccanismo di finanziamento
IA - Innovation actionCoordinatore
21020 Inarzo
Italia
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.