Descrizione del progetto
Una sana alternativa per le vernici antivegetative
La maggior parte delle vernici per fondo antivegetative contengono neurotossine che possono avere effetti distruttivi sulla salute umana e sull’ambiente. Purtroppo, anche se presentano numerosi rischi per la salute, sono ampiamente utilizzate come antivegetativo da molte industrie poiché non esistono alternative. Il progetto ZABIO, finanziato dall’UE, sta sviluppando un sistema di produzione a celle per la produzione rinnovabile di composti solfatati. L’acido zosterico (ZA-bio), agente antivegetativo biocompatibile, è un prodotto antivegetativo ecologico e sicuro che dovrebbe emergere come una scelta assolutamente competitiva per sostituire le vernici chimiche tossiche. Il progetto porterà sul mercato un nuovo prodotto e contribuirà al raggiungimento degli obiettivi ambientali dell’UE.
Obiettivo
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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