Project description
Transforming plastic waste into new polymers
Europe’s waste management policy has evolved over the last 30 years – shifting away from discarding waste as an unwanted burden to seeing it as a valued resource. Today, plastic waste is considered a priority waste stream. The EU-funded BioICEP project aims to reduce the burden of plastic waste. Forming a European-Chinese collaboration, the project will develop a solution for mixed plastic pollution environments. Specifically, researchers will work on three innovative booster technologies aimed at increasing plastics degradation to record levels. BioICEP will take a triple-action depolymerisation systems approach to break down plastic waste: mechano-biochemical disintegration processes, biocatalytic digestion and microbial consortia. The outputs will be used as building blocks for new polymers or other bioproducts.
Field of science
- /natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer science
- /natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/environmental sciences/pollution
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-NMBP-BIO-CN-2019
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
Athlone
Ireland
Participants (11)
03440 Ibi Alicante
46980 Paterna Valencia
9032 Gent-wondelgem
38678 Clausthal Zellerfeld
11010 Beograd
2781-901 Oeiras
V94 Limerick
2750 782 Cascais
1098 XH Amsterdam
15780 Athina
2 Dublin