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

Informations projet

WASTE2WEALTH

N° de convention de subvention: 101218750

DOI

10.3030/101218750

Date de signature de la CE 29 Mai 2025

Date de début 1 Juin 2025

Date de fin 31 Mai 2027

Financé au titre de

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Coût total

Aucune donnée

Contribution de l’UE

€ 2 496 055,35

Coordonné par

NOVOBIOM
Belgium

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

Période du rapport: 2025-06-01 au 2026-05-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

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.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

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

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

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.).