Projects

Adhesives and coatings are an integral part of everyday consumer products, but most of them are made with harmful fossil-based chemicals. SuperBark...

Crucial in daily life, surfactants are utilised in various sectors, including home and personal care, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food and feed...

The SurfToGreen project addresses the pressing environmental concerns, such as CO 2 emissions and microplastics pollution, stemming from the...

Currently, wood boards such as Particle Board (PB) and Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) rely on the use of fossil-based binders, mainly formaldehyde...

SUSFERT aimed to develop multifunctional fertilisers for phosphorus and iron supply that fit into existing production processes and EU agricultural...

SUSTAINEXT aims to transform the production plant of lead partner, Natac, at Hervás, Spain, into a multi-product biorefinery with an industrial-scale...

The SWEETWOODS project aims to develop a first-of-its-kind biofractionation flagship plant in Estonia that uses sustainable hardwood biomass. The...

Europe faces a major protein deficit, ranging between 80 and 70 % over the past 40 years, which has been covered by imports. At the same time, as the...

The world is facing the dual challenge of feeding a growing population and making food production more sustainable. The EU encounters an additional...

SynoProtein aims to develop and demonstrate a carbon-negative process that converts residues from sawmills into single-cell proteins for fish feed, as...

As Europe seeks to move to a circular economy, maximising how biowaste is used is becoming increasingly important. Repurposing waste streams will be...

As we strive for a genuinely circular economy, greater efficiency in how we manage our renewable resources becomes increasingly important. This is...

International competitiveness, linked to high energy prices, dependencies in raw materials, inflation and other hurdles hamper a fast transition of...

Due to the need to meet safety requirements, fire retardancy is a key property of materials used in the automotive, aerospace and textile sectors...

As Europe continues on its trajectory to a circular bio economy, much of the work in achieving this will lie in identifying and developing new or more...

The UNRAVEL project aims to develop advanced pre-treatment, separation and conversion technologies for complex lignocellulosic biomass. The technology...

Despite the increasing pressure on limited resources, waste – particularly food waste and the by-products of food processing – is a major issue...

Each person in Europe generates an average of 500 kg of municipal solid waste (MSW) per year. Around 50 % of this is organic waste, made up of...

The European Union has already made substantial progress in adopting a bio-based economy. However, it cannot afford to stand still; it must continue...

The US4GREENCHEM project aims to design a bio-refinery concept for the complete valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass that is energy and cost...