Descrizione del progetto
Grande impulso alle bioplastiche
Combinando eccellenti proprietà funzionali a basso costo, le materie plastiche sono parte integrante della nostra vita. Anche se il loro utilizzo è cresciuto costantemente nell’UE, solo un terzo dei rifiuti di plastica viene riciclato. Inoltre, il passaggio verso materie plastiche a base biologica e biodegradabili è stato lento. Le bioplastiche, principalmente costituite da materie prime a base agricola e ligno-cellulosica, rappresentano meno dell’1 % dei 355 milioni di tonnellate di plastica prodotta ogni anno. Il progetto PlanticsInside, finanziato dall’UE, porterà sul mercato una nuova plastica a base biologica, riciclabile e biodegradabile a base di Plantics-GX, una nuova bioplastica termoindurente e competitiva in termini di costi che soddisfa entrambi i requisiti e che può essere utilizzata come alternativa alle materie plastiche termoindurenti a base fossile tossiche e infiammabili, quali poliuretano o resine a base di formaldeide.
Obiettivo
Reducing plastic waste and lowering CO2 emissions is the top priority of the EU when it comes to environmental action.
Yearly almost 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide. New legislation forces industries to use alternatives to fossilbased
plastics. Therefore, a shift to biobased and biodegradable plastics is needed. Current status? Today bioplastics only
comprise less than 1% of the plastic production. Why? The functionality of bioplastics is not yet as required, and costs are
too high. The University of Amsterdam has invented Plantics-GX, a new cost-competitive thermoset bioplastic that meets
both requirements. It is safe, 100% bio-based, recyclable, and if it enters in the environment it is bio-degradable. Moreover, it
is strong and has very good binding properties. The spin-off company Plantics B.V. (founded in 2014) aims to further
develop the new plastic and its production process and develop applications together with strong (market) partners. Plantics-
GX resin can be used in combination with moulded paper as an alternative to single use plastics for e.g. packaging and
disposables (about 40% of the plastics market). The resulting material is strong, has good barrier characteristics and is
biodegradable. Plantic-GX can also be used as an alternative to the currently used often toxic and flammable fossil based
thermoset plastics (20% of the plastics market) like polyurethane (used in insulation and furniture foams), or formaldehydebased
resins that are used as binders in wood panels. In this project we focus on the replacement of some specific single
use plastic packaging and disposables with products that are made from moulded paper and Plantics-GX. We will design,
build, and demonstrate an optimized product and resin production process to enable the company to quickly bring a first
product to the market, soon followed by other products. We also aim to finalize contracts with customers and suppliers and
update our commercialization plan.
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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Meccanismo di finanziamento
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinatore
6827 AV Arnhem
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