A fungi-based biotechnological platform for competitive multi-stream waste revalorization.

Projektinformationen

WASTE2WEALTH

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101218750

DOI

10.3030/101218750

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 29 Mai 2025

Startdatum 1 Juni 2025

Enddatum 31 Mai 2027

Finanziert unter

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Gesamtkosten

Keine Daten

EU-Beitrag

€ 2 496 055,35

Koordiniert durch

NOVOBIOM
Belgium

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - WASTE2WEALTH (A fungi-based biotechnological platform for competitive multi-stream waste revalorization.)

Berichtszeitraum: 2025-06-01 bis 2026-05-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

The EC’s Circular Economy Action Plan targets textiles as one of the sectors to be drastically transformed into a circular economy. However, the recycling of textile waste is severely limited by the need to accurately separate the different types of fibre, as they require separate recycling processes. This results in most of it currently being incinerated or landfilled. At Novobiom, we valorise widely available resources currently under-exploited by harnessing the amazing ability that fungi exhibit in nature to recycle a wide range of materials. Our biorefinery platform implements a tailored solid-state fungal fermentation process, based on our exclusive fungal strain bank and fungal strain selection, development and optimisation process.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

During the first period of the grant, we have:
- Refined Novobiom in-silico biorefinery, integrating innovative modules with a dedicated software stack
- Conducted targeted selection of high-potential fungal candidates and laid the foundations for a strain breeding program
- Upgraded and optimized our biorefinery processes and developed comprehensive blueprints, schedules and economic models for future demonstrator / industrial capacity

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

By valorising unused textile waste, we offer a cost-effective alternative to recycle mixed waste streams, drastically reducing the textile products incinerated or sent to landfill while producing high-quality products (biosurfactants to substitute chemical-based surfactants, enzymes and biogas) at lower prices. These products are of interest in various industries (cosmetics, cleaning products, etc.).