Objective
According to European Commission, 13.1 million tons of poultry meat was produced only in the European Union (EU-28) in 2014 with an estimated generation of 3.1 million tons feather waste. At present the majority of poultry feathers are converted into low nutritional value animal food or disposed in landfills, causing environmental and health hazards. In this context, the overall objective of KaRMA2020 is the industrial exploitation of such underutilized waste to obtain added value raw materials for the chemical sector: keratin, bioplastics, flame retardant coatings, non-woven and thermoset biobased resins. This will be accomplished through either: i) innovative and sustainable approaches (already patented by some of KaRMA2020 partners), or ii) conventional and economic techniques. The obtained raw materials will be manufactured at industrial scale and further used for the production of novel bio-based products such as: slow release fertilizers, biodegradable food packaging plastics, flame retardant coated textiles and flame retardant thermoset biobased composites. The sustainability of the new raw materials and end-products will be evaluated through LCA assessment. Additionally, an integrated waste management plan will be elaborated to minimize environmental impacts generated by wastes.
Communication and knowledge transfer as well as a detailed business plan will allow maximizing overall profitability of KaRMA2020 results.
The well balanced composition of the consortium including industry, RTD performers and academia give KaRMA2020 the maximum chance of success.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- natural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood and beveragesfood packaging
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes
- social scienceseconomics and business
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareapplication softwaresimulation software
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbioplastics
Call for proposal
H2020-SPIRE-2016
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
20014 San Sebastian
Spain
Participants (16)
28760 Madrid
02150 Espoo
501 15 Boras
1000 Bruxelles
46980 Paterna Valencia
90570 Lodz
8850 Ardooie
75794 Paris
1014 BV Amsterdam
47877 Willich
28046 Madrid
06000 Nice
00189 Roma
74037 Nes Ziona
891 22 Ornskoldsvik
08012 Barcelona
