Descripción del proyecto
Una nueva tecnología de envasado de alimentos encuentra nuevos usos ecológicos del salvado de trigo
El salvado de trigo, un subproducto de la molinería, tiene un valor de mercado relativamente bajo y se utiliza principalmente como alimento para animales. Alternativamente, si no se trata, se convierte en un residuo. El proyecto Branbox, financiado con fondos europeos, realizado por la empresa polaca Biotrem, aprovechará el salvado de trigo con la introducción de una tecnología propia que sirve para producir recipientes para alimentos destinados a comida para llevar a partir de esta materia prima. Estos recipientes desechables resistentes al agua se biodegradan en un plazo de treinta días. En la actualidad, existen dos problemas importantes en relación con estos recipientes: la sostenibilidad y el impacto sobre el medio ambiente. Ambos problemas son difíciles de solucionar en un solo producto. Distribuidores, proveedores de servicios de comidas, fabricantes de envases y molinos, además de todos los consumidores, se beneficiarán enormemente de esta solución de envasado de alimentos.
Objetivo
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.
Ámbito científico
- 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
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Régimen de financiación
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinador
00-389 Warszawa
Polonia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.