pHYBi
PHYtomanagement as a sustainable feedstock source of lignocellulosic-based high-value BIo-based products for textile applications
Project details
- Type of project
- Research & Innovation Action
- Project focus
- Textile
- Feedstock origin
- Forestry waste
- Feedstock type
- Lignin & wood residues
- Project period
- 1 October 2024 - 30 September 2028
- Status
- In progress
- CBE JU Contribution
- € 4 991 538,75
- Call identifier
- HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023
Summary
In Europe, the potential for cultivating industrial crops as bioeconomy feedstock lies in degraded, polluted, and saline soils, rendering them unsuitable for food crop production. Amidst the challenges confronting Europe's bioeconomy, with approximately 80% of land dedicated to settlements, agriculture, and infrastructure, the pHYBi project directly tackles the critical issue of sourcing sustainable feedstock without competing with food crop cultivation.
The purpose of pHYBi is two-fold: first, to combine soil phytoremediation with lignocellulosic biomass valorisation in a circular economy model for high-value-added applications in the textile industry; and second, to establish a replicable framework for sustainable industrial crop production on degraded lands.
The project proposes specific case studies involving the cultivation of woody and herbaceous crops in polluted and salt-affected soils. Additionally, pHYBi will develop and validate various strategies that involve fungi and bacteria inocula and organic and inorganic (nano) amendments to improve crop health and growth, as well as to ensure that phytomanagement practices result in improved soil conditions and ecosystem restoration.
Furthermore, pHYBi emphasises social innovation, engaging stakeholders across the value chain to foster acceptance and adoption of the bio-based products. The project aims not only to address immediate challenges, but also to pave the way for broader adoption of sustainable practices in Europe's bioeconomy.
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Project coordination
- IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AIE LA RINCONADA SEVILLA, Spain
Consortium
- PHYTOWELT GREENTECHNOLOGIES GMBH Nettetal, Germany
- NEXT TECHNOLOGY TECNOTESSILE SOCIETA NAZIONALE DI RICERCA R L PRATO, Italy
- UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS Burgos, Spain
- FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE INVESTIGACION MULTISECTORIAL Culleredo, Spain
- STEINBEIS 2I GMBH STUTTGART, Germany
- PARTICULA GROUP DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA ISTRAZIVANJE RAZVOJ I PROIZVODNJU VISKOVO, Croatia
- UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO OVIEDO, Spain
- UNIVERSITE MARIE ET LOUIS PASTEUR BESANCON, France
- DIGITAL INNOVATION HUB ON LIVESTOCK ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE & FOREST BURGOS, Spain
Former member
- MISCANTHUS DOO ZA PROIZVODNJU I USLUGE ZAGREB, Croatia
