Projects

In the pursuit of a circular economy, it is important to identify and use potential feedstocks to their maximum potential and value. Despite this...

Mating disruption offers an effective solution to pest control and an alternative to current chemical-based insecticides. This approach uses insect...

In Europe, the potential for cultivating industrial crops as bioeconomy feedstock lies in degraded, polluted, and saline soils, rendering them...

A key challenge for the bio-economy is to bring newly developed molecules and techniques from the lab to the market. The main bottleneck in the...

Emissions from livestock are a major contributor to rising CO 2 levels causing almost 15 per cent of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. In...

Biopolymers offer high antimicrobial, antioxidant, absorbency, skin compatibility for high performance demanding skin-contact applications. These...

Although bioplastics offer numerous environmental benefits, they currently represent just 1.5% of global plastic production. Achieving a much larger...

Today’s society increasingly relies on plastic materials leading to an important impact on climate change and planetary health. Over 97% of plastics...

Pro-Enrich project will demonstrate a new business model for extracting high-value components from agricultural side streams, demonstrating...

Agro-industrial residual biomass, side streams and food production by-products such as legumes, fungi and coffee are likely to constitute rich sources...

A growing population means a growing demand for protein. However, we can no longer fully depend on animal sources to meet our protein needs; it is...

PROMISEANG aims to develop novel proteins from underexploited marine sources, including marine invertebrate and macroalgae discards and industrial...

Known as biodegradable or renewable materials, bioplastics are one of the most in-demand bio-based products. However, there is a need to improve the...

Bio-based plastics offer an eco-friendly alternative to fossil-based ones, with the potential for efficient recycling through chemical...

Brown macroalgae, particularly L. hyperborea, are an untapped renewable resource in Europe that can be used to produce a variety of products...

PROVIDES will develop a new, sustainable and techno-economically feasible pulping technology for wood and agro-based lignocelluloses. Using a new...

In 2014, Europe produced around 13 million tonnes of sugar beet pulp each year. Most of this pulp finds its way into low-value feed, fertiliser or it...

The PULPACKTION project developed cellulose-based packaging solutions for the specific demands of the food and electronic packaging industries...

The plastic industry is currently focused on linear processes, namely the extraction of raw materials and their conversion into valuable products...

Plastics dominate the packaging sector, and their use in the agri-food value chain dominates the demand for plastic packaging. Of a global production...