Descripción del proyecto
Una alternativa sana para las pinturas antiincrustantes
La mayoría de las pinturas antiincrustantes contienen neurotoxinas que pueden tener efectos destructivos sobre la salud humana y el medio ambiente. Por desgracia, a pesar de que representan numerosos peligros para la salud, son ampliamente utilizadas como agentes antiincrustantes por muchos sectores debido a la falta de una alternativa. El proyecto ZABIO, financiado con fondos europeos, está detrás del desarrollo de un sistema de fabricación basado en células para la producción renovable de compuestos sulfatados. El ácido zostérico del agente antiincrustante de origen biológico (ZA-bio) es un producto antiincrustante seguro y ecológico que se espera que acabe siendo una opción plenamente competitiva para sustituir a las pinturas química tóxicas. El proyecto llevará el nuevo producto al mercado y contribuirá a conseguir los objetivos medioambientales de la Unión Europea.
Objetivo
Across many huge industries, like construction, marine and agriculture, toxic biocides are used as antifouling agents to prevent micro- and macro-organism damaging surfaces. However such antifouling agents pose large environmental and societal burdens as they pollute the environment, harm ecosystems, are produced by fossil-based chemical synthesis or heavy metal extraction, and are hazardous to the health of workers, consumers and the public. Increased regulations and legislations regarding banning and lowering use of toxic antifouling agents is pushing industries to seek for green alternatives. However, no safe, eco-friendly and cost-competitive antifouling agents are currently available that meet the functional requirements to prevent attachment of organisms…until now. Cysbio have developed a proprietary cell-based manufacturing system for renewable production of sulfated compounds, of interest is the bio-based antifouling agent zosteric acid (ZA-bio). The team have leveraged advanced metabolic and enzyme engineering to optimize yields of ZA-bio, creating a cell factory system that can be upscaled to meet substantial chemical company demands. Cysbio enables a green and safe antifouling agent that is commercially viable for the first time, as ZA-bio is cost-competitive with existing toxic heavy metal and synthetic chemical alternatives. The ZABIO consortium consists a non-profit biological production upscaling manufacturer (Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant) and large multinational chemical and consumer goods company (Henkel) to fulfil the value chain and accelerate market entry of ZA-bio integrated products into the construction industry within two years (Q3 2022). As a result of this project ZA-bio will be commercially available as a chemical compound (sales by Cysbio) and initial contracts with Henkel will facilitate market growth by introduction of ZA-bio based sanitary sealants and façade coatings. The two year project will address EU health and environmental goals.
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