Unlocking a feather bioeconomy for keratin-based agricultural products

Project Information

UNLOCK

Grant agreement ID: 101023306

DOI 10.3030/101023306

EC signature date 21 April 2021

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 30 April 2025

Funded under

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

Total cost € 7 444 822,47

EU contribution € 5 108 554,00

Coordinated by

FUNDACION CIDETEC
Spain

Deliverables

Documents, reports (4)

EU's feather-based economy: the challenges ahead

Stakeholder and Related Project Mapping

Analysis of feather waste sources and management in the EU

Report on supply chain solutions for the main scenarios detected in the targeted countries

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Website, Communication Material and Visual Identity

Introduction to the project - video

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Enhanced Biodegradability in Soil of Chicken Feather by Steam Explosion for Potential Application in Agricultural Biodegradable Plastics

Author(s): Julen Vadillo, Sarah Montes , Hans-Jürgen Grande, Steven Verstichel , Jonna Almqvist and KrystynaWrze´sniewska-Tosik
Published in: Polymers, 2023, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym15183701