Objective Worldwide about 7 million tonnes of coated paper, paperboard and cardboard (cartons) are currently manufactured annually mainly for food and beverage packaging. The standard coating material currently used is petrochemical-based polyethylene (PE). Typical laminate packaging contains about 20% of this material. Increased political, legislative and consumer pressure to reduce the dependency on fossil fuel based plastics poses a major challenge for packaging producers to seek sustainably sourced alternative materials that do not harm the environment in their manufacture, exhibit enhanced recyclability and offer similar performance to their conventional plastic counterparts. There is a need to provide producers of coated carton manufacturers with a bio-based material that will enable them to substitute much of the currently used PE coating without compromising the humidity barrier properties of the resulting packaging materials and overcome the current challenge to the recycling of such packaging.This project will build on past research that has revealed that Whey protein coating can replace existing plastic coatings in multilayer packaging and enhance their recyclability. A coating system will be developed based on renewable raw materials derived from agrofood waste and its technological application for extrusion coating cartons to produce packaging materials for both solid and liquid food products. The innovative coating formulations will be based on proteins from whey and potato starch. The resulting laminates will be validated for their suitability to replace the currently used synthetic plastics in a range of carton packaging materials and the improvement of the recycling process whereby the biodegradation of the extruded bio-coating will allow separating more easily the other combined layers will also be proved. Uptake of the novel bio-material will increase the sustainability and competitiveness of the EU packaging industry. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterials Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2012-2 - Research for SME associations Call for proposal FP7-SME-2012 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings Coordinator IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA EU contribution € 68 188,00 Address Carretera d esplugues 39 41 08940 Cornella de llobregat Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Colm Digby (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LUCCA-CENTRO SERVIZI PER L'ECONOMIA SOCIETA' CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA Italy EU contribution € 217 390,00 Address Traversa prima di via della chiesa di sorbano del 231 55100 Lucca See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Lucca Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Marco Buchignani (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GOSPODARSKO INTERESNO ZDRUZENJE GROZD PLASTTEHNIKA - GIZ GROZD PLASTTEHNIKA Slovenia EU contribution € 184 047,00 Address Kidriceva ulica 25 3000 Celje See on map Region Slovenija Vzhodna Slovenija Savinjska Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Janez Navodnik (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data LLETERS DE CATALUNYA LLET NOSTRA SCCL Spain EU contribution € 102 338,00 Address Parc cient tec uni gi c pic paguera 11 17003 Girona See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Montserrat Balcells Boix (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TURKIYE SUT ET GIDA SANAYICILERI VEURETICILERI BIRLIGI DERNEGI Türkiye EU contribution € 65 042,00 Address Mustafa kemal mahallesi 2125 sok a blok 6/8 06510 Ankara See on map Region Batı Anadolu Ankara Ankara Activity type Other Administrative Contact Us Melek (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FACHVERBAND DER NAHRUNGS UND GENUSSMITTELINDUSTRIE Austria EU contribution € 371 362,00 Address Zaunergasse 1 3 1030 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Blass (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POTRAVINARSKA KOMORA CESKE REPUBLIKY Czechia EU contribution € 177 709,00 Address Pocernicka 96 108 03 Praha 10 See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Other Administrative Contact Šárka Štejnarová (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MEIEREI GENOSSENSCHAFT EG LANGENHORN Germany EU contribution € 382 475,00 Address Bahnhofsweg 1 25842 Langenhorn See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Arne Rahn (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data THE FOOD MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 324 009,00 Address Fenn corner st mary hoo ME3 8RF Rochester See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lee Gapper (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LAJOVIC TUBA EMBALAZA DOO Slovenia EU contribution € 216 972,00 Address Verovskova 66 1000 Ljubljana See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Milan Gruden (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GASCOGNE FLEXIBLE France EU contribution € 103 617,00 Address 68 rue de la papeterie 40200 Mimizan See on map Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Aquitaine Landes Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Florian Chapalain (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TETRA PAK PACKAGING SOLUTIONS AB Sweden EU contribution € 237 321,00 Address Ruben rausings gata 221 86 Lund See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Thorbjörn Andersson (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 2 060,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Walter Krause (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DI PISA Italy EU contribution € 18 400,00 Address Lungarno pacinotti 43/44 56126 Pisa See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Pisa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ada Immacolata Viva (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data