Descrizione del progetto
Un’innovativa tecnologia di confezionamento alimentare scopre nuovi utilizzi ecocompatibili per la crusca di frumento
La crusca di frumento, un sottoprodotto dell’industria molitoria, ha un valore di mercato relativamente basso e viene principalmente impiegata come mangime per animali. Se invece non viene trattata, diventa uno scarto. Il progetto Branbox, finanziato dall’UE, guidato dalla società polacca Biotrem, metterà a frutto la crusca, introducendo una tecnologia brevettata per produrre, a partire da questa materia prima, contenitori per il cibo da asporto impermeabili, monouso e biodegradabili in 30 giorni. Attualmente tali contenitori devono confrontarsi con due problematiche importanti: la sostenibilità e l’impatto ambientale, entrambe difficili da superare in un unico prodotto. I distributori, i fornitori di servizi alimentari, i produttori di imballaggi e i mulini, nonché tutti i consumatori, potranno trarre grandi benefici da questa innovativa soluzione di confezionamento alimentare.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Meccanismo di finanziamento
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinatore
00-389 Warszawa
Polonia
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.