sUstainable PLastIcs for the Food and drink packaging indusTry

Project Information

UPLIFT

Grant agreement ID: 953073

DOI 10.3030/953073

EC signature date 18 February 2021

Start date 1 March 2021

End date 28 February 2025

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Biotechnology

Total cost € 7 640 653,75

EU contribution € 7 517 180,75

Coordinated by

AALBORG UNIVERSITET
Denmark

Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

Dissemination and Communication Plan: update 3
Analysis of plastic value chain

As an introduction to the study, the project will analyze the current plastic value chain to form an overview of the current situation. The study will be based on the entire value chain from food producers - citizens / municipalities - collection companies - waste management companies - recycling companies – and producers of new recyclable plastic.

Reclaimed monomers from WP2 and WP3 used for preparation of new polymers

A series of polymers, mainly polyesters, based on the feedstock coming from WP2 and WP3. All candidates will be produced at a 20-50 g scale for preliminary processing assessment in T4.4, while at least 2-3 promising candidates will be upscaled to 100-200 g scale for additional testing in formulation and processing.

Dissemination and Communication Plan: update 2

Dissemination and Communication Plan update 2

Dissemination and Communication Plan: update 4
Dissemination and Communication Plan: update 5
Dissemination and Communication Plan

At the beginning of the project Sustainable Innovations will present a primary Communication and Dissemination plan that will contain the main strategy for the project lifetime as well as the expected activities to be carried out throughout the project This CD plan will be updated along the process as time passes by milestones are achieved and news are to be produced within the consortium work

Dissemination and Communication Plan: update 1

Dissemination and Communication Plan update 1

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Bio-upcycling of multilayer materials and blends: closing the plastics loop

Author(s): Alessandro Pellis, Georg M Guebitz, Doris Ribitsch
Published in: Chemical Biotechnology, 2023, ISSN 0958-1669
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102938

Critical Review on the Progress of Plastic Bioupcycling Technology as a Potential Solution for Sustainable Plastic Waste Management

Author(s): Passanun Lomwongsopon; Cristiano Varrone
Published in: POLYMERS, Issue 3, 2022, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14224996

Bioleaching/enzyme-based recycling of aluminium and polyethylene from beverage cartons packaging waste

Author(s): Klemens Kremser, Patrick Gerl, Adolfo Benedito Borrás, Daniela Ramírez Espinosa, Belén Monje Martínez, Georg M. Guebit, Alessandro Pellis
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue Volume 185, 2022, Page(s) 106444, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106444

Open Loop Recycling – Guanidine Iron(II) Polymerization Catalyst for the Depolymerization of Polylactide

Author(s): Lisa Burkart, Alexander Eith, Alexander Hoffmann, and Sonja Herres-Pawlis
Published in: Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2022, ISSN 1861-4728
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201195

Effective Ligand Design: Zinc Complexes with Guanidine Hydroquinoline Ligands for Fast Lactide Polymerization and Chemical Recycling

Author(s): Alina Hermann, Tabea Becker, Martin A. Schäfer, Alexander Hoffmann, Sonja Herres-Pawlis
Published in: ChemSusChem, 2022, ISSN 1864-5631
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201075

Closing the loop for poly(butylene-adipate-coterephthalate) recycling: depolymerization, monomers separation, and upcycling.

Author(s): Mohamed Ismail, Adel Abouhmad, Niklas Warlin, Sang-Hyun Pyo, Oliver Englund Örn, Basel Al-Rudainy, Cecilia Tullberg, Baozhong Zhang and Rajni Hatti-Kaul.
Published in: GREEN CHEMISTRY, 2024, ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3gc04728h

Assessing the Economic Viability of the Plastic Biorefinery Concept and Its Contribution to a More Circular Plastic Sector

Author(s): Megan Roux and Cristiano Varrone
Published in: POLYMERS, 2021, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13223883

A Multitool for Circular Economy – Fast Ring-Opening Polymerization and Chemical Recycling of (Bio)polyesters Using a Single Aliphatic Guanidine Carboxy Zinc Catalyst

Author(s): Martin Fuchs, Pascal M. Schäfer, Wolf Wagner, Ian Krumm, Marcel Walbeck, Regina Dietrich, Alexander Hoffmann, Sonja Herres-Pawlis
Published in: ChemSusChem, 2023, ISSN 1864-5631
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300192

Guanidine Carboxy Zinc Complexes for the Chemical Recycling of Renewable Polyesters

Author(s): Martin Fuchs, Marcel Walbeck, Eveline Jagla, Alexander Hoffmann, Sonja Herres-Pawlis
Published in: ChemPlusChem, 2022, ISSN 2192-6506
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200029

Microbial synthesis of the plant natural product precursor p-coumaric acid with Corynebacterium glutamicum

Author(s): Mario Mutz; Dominic Kösters; Benedikt Wynands; Nick Wierckx; Jan Marienhagen
Published in: Microbial Cell Factories, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2023), Issue 4, 2023, ISSN 1475-2859
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02222-y

Engineering 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) oxidation in Pseudomonas boosts tolerance and accelerates 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) production

Author(s): Lechtenberg, Thorsten; Wynands, Benedikt; Wierckx, Nick
Published in: ELSEVIER, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.12.010

Understanding structure–activity relationships: iron(ii) complexes of “Legacy Guanidines” as catalysts for the synthesis of polylactide

Author(s): Christian Conrads, Lisa Burkart, Sven Soerensen, Sandra Noichl, Yasemin Kara,a Joshua Heck, Alexander Hoffmann and Sonja Herres-Pawlis
Published in: Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023, ISSN 2044-4761
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3cy01117h

The metabolic potential of plastics as biotechnological carbon sources – Review and targets for the future.

Author(s): Till Tiso, Benedikt Winter, Ren Wei, Johann Hee, Jan de Witt, Nick Wierckx, Peter Quicker, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Andr´e Bardow, Juan Nogales, Lars M. Blank.
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, 2021, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2021.12.006

Cutinase-Catalyzed Polyester-Polyurethane Degradation: Elucidation of the Hydrolysis Mechanism

Author(s): Federico Di Bisceglie , Felice Quartinello, Robert Vielnascher, Georg M. Guebitz and Alessandro Pellis
Published in: POLYMERS, 2022, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14030411

Engineering a Pseudomonas taiwanensis 4-coumarate platform for production of para-hydroxy aromatics with high yield and specificity

Author(s): Benedikt Wynands, Franziska Kofler, Anka Sieberichs, Nadine da Silva, Nick Wierckx
Published in: ELSELVIER, 2023, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.05.004

Proteomic characterisation of polyethylene terephthalate and monomer degradation by Ideonella sakaiensis

Author(s): Jan Struckmann Poulsen, Jeppe Lund Nielsen
Published in: ELSEVIER, 2023, ISSN 1874-3919
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2023.104888

Rational Protein Engineering to Increase the Activity and Stability of IsPETase Using the PROSS Algorithm

Author(s): Andrew Rennison, Jakob R. Winther, and Cristiano Varrone
Published in: POLYMERS, 2021, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13223884

Contribution of Fermentation Technology to Building Blocks for Renewable Plastics

Author(s): Passanun Lomwongsopon and Cristiano Varrone
Published in: FERMENTATION, 2022, ISSN 2311-5637
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8020047