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High performance sustainable bio-based packaging with tailored end of life and upcycled secondary use

Descripción del proyecto

Envases buenos para nuestros alimentos y para el planeta

Los bioplásticos, fabricados total o parcialmente a partir de recursos biológicos renovables, se emplean principalmente para el envasado. La creciente preocupación por los residuos de envases de un único uso está ejerciendo presión sobre las empresas para que mejoren la sostenibilidad de su envasado. En este contexto, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos PRESERVE impulsará el uso circular de envases de base biológica. En particular, se esforzará por mejorar el rendimiento de los envases de alimentos primarios. Aprovechará la combinación de enzimas en bioplásticos para estimular la biodegradación. Además, aumentará la escala del proceso completo necesario para producir, como mínimo, diez demostradores de envasado. Los resultados del proyecto beneficiarán al mercado europeo de envases de plástico creando empleo y crecimiento.

Objetivo

PRESERVE aims at boosting the circular use of bio-based packaging. To shift from the current situation (fossil-based, limited recycling), we build on award-winning upcycling strategies from past and on-going projects. We will enhance the performance of primary food packaging via bio-based barrier coatings for bioplastic and paper/board substrates, as well as via eBeam irradiation and microfibrillar-reinforcement. From the biotechnological side, we will leverage the compounding of enzymes in bioplastics to stimulate biodegradation, the enzymatic recovery of functional oligomers and the delamination of multilayer packaging via enzymatic detergents to enable their layer separation and recycling.
The processes required to produce at least 10 packaging demonstrators will be upscaled. The enhanced bio-packaging will be validated with different types of food and drinks. Recovered biopolymers will be upcycled in added value applications such as packaging for personal care products and reusable carrier packaging (using textiles and composites).
The versatility of our end of life options, materials, flexible and rigid packaging types and compatibility with different processes, ensure that PRESERVE results are relevant to more than 60% of the plastic packaging on the market, which long term substitution potential will be maximised thanks to the participation of several leading companies in the consortium. Our 2030 roadmap will outline the pathways to significantly influence the emergence of bio-based packaging and create jobs and growth in the sector. To widen PRESERVE impact, we will also perform life cycle and safety assessments, user acceptance studies and contribute to standardisation and certification.
All in all, by contributing to the EU Plastics Strategy in a circular economy, our PRESERVE circular renewably sourced packaging solutions and derived upcycled applications will not only optimally preserve the food and drink but also our environment and its finite resources

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-NMBP-TR-IND-2018-2020

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Convocatoria de subcontratación

H2020-NMBP-TR-IND-2020-twostage

Régimen de financiación

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinador

IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 775 625,00
Dirección
CARRETERA D ESPLUGUES 39 41
08940 CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT
España

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Pyme

Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.

Región
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Tipo de actividad
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 775 625,00

Participantes (27)