Projektbeschreibung
Neuartige Lebensmittelverpackungstechnologie findet neue, umweltfreundliche Verwendungsmöglichkeiten für Weizenkleie
Weizenkleie – ein Nebenprodukt der Mühlenindustrie – hat einen relativ geringen Marktwert und wird größtenteils als Futtermittel für Tiere verwendet; unbehandelt wird sie zu Abfall. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt Branbox – unter der Leitung der polnischen Firma Biotrem – wird Weizenkleie für einen guten Zweck nutzen, indem es eine proprietäre Technologie einführt, die aus diesem Rohmaterial Behälter für Lebensmittel zum Mitnehmen herstellt. Diese wasserdichten Einwegbehälter sind innerhalb von 30 Tagen biologisch abbaubar. Zwei wichtige Themen bei solchen Behältern sind heutzutage die Nachhaltigkeit und die Umweltbelastung. Beiden in einem einzigen Produkt gerecht zu werden, gestaltet sich schwierig. Vertriebshändler, Anbieter von Gastronomieleistungen, Verpackungshersteller und Mühlen – sowie alle Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher – werden von dieser innovativen Lebensmittelverpackungslösung stark profitieren.
Ziel
The plastic’s invasion on our planet have become our every day’s life. The amount of plastics is immense and starts to play a significant role on World’s ecosystem. Most of the plastics are the packages. The problem has been addressed by some biodegradable solutions such as bioplastic, paper or even bamboo containers. However, they still need at least half a year to degrade. From the other side, there is also immense amount of wheat bran which is a side product of the milling industry. The only use of that bran is feed for animals, otherwise it becomes waste in a few weeks. Hence, its efficient disposal is problematic, and - in result - bran has very low market value. Biotrem’s mission is to solve both the problems at the same time. We invented the proprietary technology which allows to use the wheat bran to make the containers. In this project we introduce water resistant and edible take-away food containers, which are biodegradable within 30 days - Branboxes. Currently, the major issue for the containers is the water resistance and biodegradability which is a great challenge to achieve at the same time in the single product. Bringing the product to the market at the small scale will not give the desired environmental results. Hence, we will introduce the scaled-up production (by licensing) and commercialization.
The market for such biodegradable packaging is worth at the moment €11B and is quickly growing at the CAGR of 16%, and is going to reach €20B within next decade.
Our end-users (each of us) will benefit from the plastic-free environment. Our customers – distributors, food chains and packaging producers, and mills will benefit from the new business opportunities. Our extensive distribution network will help us to fully exploit opportunities to commercialize the Branbox.
The prototype was already tested by big players on the market, and now we apply for SMEI funding to accelerate full scale commercialisation of the Branbox.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurship
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomyplanetary sciencesplanets
- engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationcompost
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packaging
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes
- social sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systems
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce
Schlüsselbegriffe
Programm/Programme
Thema/Themen
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigenUnterauftrag
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Finanzierungsplan
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Koordinator
00-389 Warszawa
Polen
Die Organisation definierte sich zum Zeitpunkt der Unterzeichnung der Finanzhilfevereinbarung selbst als KMU (Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen).