Descripción del proyecto
La revolución de los materiales está en marcha
No es una tarea fácil producir un par de zapatos, un envase de plástico o incluso un textil impreso que sean sostenibles. Waste2BioComp es un proyecto financiado con fondos europeos cuyo objetivo es demostrar la producción a escala pertinente de bioproductos y biomateriales como alternativas a los que tienen una gran huella medioambiental, empleando tecnologías de fabricación innovadoras. Se abordarán todas las etapas del ciclo de vida de estos productos, desde las actividades de investigación e innovación hasta las tecnologías de fabricación inteligente, incluidas las técnicas de impresión inteligente por inyección de tinta. Por lo tanto, los investigadores del proyecto Waste2BioComp, junto con expertos de la industria, integrarán todas las etapas del ciclo de vida de los bioproductos, incluidos los enfoques de fin de vida y las evaluaciones de sostenibilidad y toxicidad para garantizar la plena circularidad de los materiales. Además, el equipo de Waste2BioComp desarrollará actividades de formación para apoyar el desarrollo de una mano de obra cualificada.
Objetivo
Waste2BioComp project aims to demonstrate relevant scale production of bio-based products and materials, as alternatives to traditional materials with high environmental footprint, using innovative manufacturing technologies. The project integrates all stages in the bio-based products´ life cycle, starting from R&I activities regarding the sourcing of feedstocks for the development of bio-based precursors and intermediate materials, smart inkjet printing techniques, and smart manufacturing technologies for final products, and the final demonstrators, which will entail the production on a relevant scale of the following bio-based products: shoe sole materials with different hardness; three-layered shoe insoles; plastic films/packaging with different flexibilities; social face masks; fashion garments printed with bio-based inks; leather and textile shoes printed with bio-based inks; paper for packaging printed with bio-based inks. Waste2BioComp will also develop sustainability and toxicity assessments to the developed materials and products, as well as re-manufacturing and recycling approaches to ensure circularity by closing the material loop. Furthermore, the project will develop dedicated training activities to support the creation of a skilled workforce in biomaterial-based manufacturing sectors, particularly for the textile, footwear, and packaging activities.
Therefore, Waste2BioComp will have a significative impact on the reduction of the use of fossil-based materials, not only in the approached three value chains (textiles, packaging, and footwear), which are highly resource and polluting intensive sectors, but also with potential for several other sectors and applications.
The project will run for 36 months, and it will be constituted by 13 partners from France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesbiocomposites
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesremanufacturing
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbioplasticspolyhydroxyalkanoates
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
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