Objective
The Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is, in a fundamental sense, a truly consumerist industry. While it improves the quality of life, it places heavy demands on resources and significant burdens on the environment. A societal, economic and industrial analysis has revealed significant business and scientific opportunities for innovation in the area of Sustainability Research, especially when coupled with responsible green chemistry practices.
The FMCG industry needs to find alternative raw materials and greener manufacturing methods for the production of goods. Although so far the focus has mostly been on biodegradability of packaging, an increasingly stronger drive for a sustainable chemical industry is beginning to emerge. A sustainability research philosophy, which in part focuses on the manufacture of materials from renewable resources and the use of green production methods, is beginning to permeate the sector.
The structural building blocks of valuable chemical products, including polymers, are available as sustainable and biodegradable products from biomass. Some dicarboxylic acids and polyols are readily available in one or two steps from abundant bio-feedstocks. Appropriate selection of platform molecules should enable us to prepare a large and diverse range of platform molecules such as polymers including water-soluble materials.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences chemical sciences polymer sciences
- engineering and technology nanotechnology nano-materials
- humanities philosophy, ethics and religion philosophy
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Keywords
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP6-2004-MOBILITY-3
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Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
LONDON
United Kingdom
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.