Objective The EU fruit juice and nectars market stood at a healthy 11.3 billion litres in 2009. A 60% of total volume consumed is packaged with carton, a 25% with PET and the remainder is packaged with glass (13%) and other packaging formats (2%).Environmental sustainability concerns are rising on the public agenda, becoming even more relevant to the consumers.The EU juice and nectars industry is aware of its important role and responsibility, making use of best practice which involves full LCA to reduce both carbon and water footprint.Juices and nectars producers have sought to provide the most environmentally friendly packaging available.Meanwhile packaging innovations is getting ahead of developments in recycling.It is illogical that VAT as high as 20% to 25% can be applied to packaged fruit juice.There is a need to join efforts between packaging companies, recycling operators and governments to maximise the latest technology.The use of conventional polymeric materials petrochemical – based in packaging, represents an important environmental impact and waste generation due to their non-biodegradability. Some alternative materials obtained from renewable resources can be found in the market. These materials fulfil the environmental concerns but they show some limitations in terms of performance like processing by injection and thermal resistance joined to high associated costs. This situation makes necessary research to improve their added value.The aim of PHBOTTLE project is to develop a new BOTTLE (body, cap & sleeve) from biodegradable material, concretely PHB, which will be obtained by fermentation of wastewater from juice processing industries (renewable biogenic resource); optimising eco and energy efficiency in the material production and processing. The new bottle will be used for juice packaging with a competitive price, although other applications will be also studied (non-food packaging such as cosmetics and non-packaging applications) Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growingengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packagingsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economysocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP.2011.2.3-1 - Advanced packaging materials from renewable biogenic resources Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2011-SMALL-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) Coordinator AINIA EU contribution € 609 437,41 Address CALLE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 5-11 VALENCIA PARC TECNOLOGIC 46980 Paterna Valencia Spain See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ana Valera (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AIMPLAS - ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE MATERIALES PLASTICOS Y CONEXAS Spain EU contribution € 527 357,25 Address VALENCIA PARC TECHNOLOGIC CALLE GUSTAVE EIFFEL 4 46980 PATERNA VALENCIA See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Santiago Galvez Settier (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO Netherlands EU contribution € 470 850,00 Address ANNA VAN BUERENPLEIN 1 2595 DA Den Haag See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ertugrul Solak (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL Argentina EU contribution € 262 295,34 Address AVENIDA LEANDRO N. ALEM 1067 - 7° C1001AAF Buenos Aires See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Patricia Eisenberg (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LOGOPLASTE INNOVATION LAB LDA Portugal EU contribution € 250 816,00 Address ESTRADA DA MALVEIRA ED LOGOPLASTE MATO ROMAO 2750 782 Cascais See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Miguel Alves (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CITRICOS Y REFRESCANTES SA Spain EU contribution € 73 410,00 Address AVENIDA PARTENON 4 28042 MADRID See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Julio Sanchis (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data VANGUARDIA SD DE RL DE CV Participation ended Honduras EU contribution No data Address BO. LA GUARDIA 27 - 28 1105 SAN PEDRO SULA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Juan José Diaz (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MEGA EMPACK SA DE CV Mexico EU contribution € 33 906,00 Address Calle Sin Nombre 15682 97160 MERIDA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gonzalo Martin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LOGOPLASTE DO BRASIL LTDA Brazil EU contribution € 165 708,00 Address ALAMEDA SANTOS ANDAR 787 01419-001 SAO PAULO See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Pedro Lopes (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data OMNIFORM SA Belgium EU contribution € 273 503,00 Address Avenue Franklin - Zoning Industriel Nord 2 1301 WAVRE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Alain Wambeke (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SIVEL Limited Bulgaria EU contribution € 41 970,00 Address ZAHARY STOYANOV STREET 77 9300 DOBRICH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Simeon Simeneov (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data AIJN EUROPEAN FRUIT JUICE ASSOCIATION Belgium EU contribution € 164 396,00 Address RUE DE LA LOI 221/5 1040 BRUXELLES See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Karin Batstra (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
