Project description
Pouring value into plastic waste streams
Plastics are an important material in our economy, but there are serious downsides for the environment and our health. Plastic adversely affects all ecosystems and microplastics are of particular concern to our health. Increasing plastic waste recycling is a top priority in Europe’s transition towards a circular economy. The EU-funded MIX-UP project is addressing the market needs for new sustainable routes to valorise plastics waste streams. As such, plastic mixtures with five of the top six fossil-based recalcitrant plastics (PP, PE, PUR, PET and PS) and biodegradable plastics such as PLA and PHA, will be used as feedstock for microbial transformations. Not only will this increase the recycling quota, it will add value to poorly recycled plastic waste streams.
Field of science
- /natural sciences/chemical sciences/polymer science
- /engineering and technology/industrial biotechnology/biomaterials/bioplastics/polyhydroxyalkanoates
- /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/waste management/waste treatment processes/recycling
- /natural sciences/biological sciences/biochemistry/biomolecules/proteins/enzymes
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-NMBP-BIO-CN-2019
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
52062 Aachen
Germany
Participants (9)
28006 Madrid
4 Dublin
17489 Greifswald
67100 Strasbourg
52428 Julich
12 Dublin
75794 Paris
52070 Aachen
64293 Darmstadt