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

Informacje na temat projektu

WASTE2WEALTH

Identyfikator umowy o grant: 101218750

DOI

10.3030/101218750

Data podpisania przez KE 29 Maja 2025

Data rozpoczęcia 1 Czerwca 2025

Data zakończenia 31 Maja 2027

Finansowanie w ramach

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Koszt całkowity

Brak danych

Wkład UE

€ 2 496 055,35

Koordynowany przez

NOVOBIOM
Belgium

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

Okres sprawozdawczy: 2025-06-01 do 2026-05-31

Podsumowanie kontekstu i ogólnych celów projektu

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.

Prace wykonane od początku projektu do końca okresu sprawozdawczego oraz najważniejsze dotychczasowe rezultaty

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

Innowacyjność oraz oczekiwany potencjalny wpływ (w tym dotychczasowe znaczenie społeczno-gospodarcze i szersze implikacje społeczne projektu)

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.).