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

Informazioni relative al progetto

WASTE2WEALTH

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101218750

DOI

10.3030/101218750

Data della firma CE 29 Maggio 2025

Data di avvio 1 Giugno 2025

Data di completamento 31 Maggio 2027

Finanziato da

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Costo totale

Nessun dato

Contributo UE

€ 2 496 055,35

Coordinato da

NOVOBIOM
Belgium

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

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2025-06-01 al 2026-05-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

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.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

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

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

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.).