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BIOPLASTICS EUROPE PROJECT
BIOPLASTICS EUROPE : Sustainable bio-based plastics for circular economy: transferring knowledge into practice through technical, policy and business model innovations
OBJECTIVES
BIOPLASTICS EUROPE aims to research sustainable strategies and solutions for bio-based products to support the EU Plastics Strategy and a Circular Economy.
Main activities of this project are related to following subjects:
- Design of innovative products
- Assessment of environmental and economic life cycles of products
- Implementation of innovative business models
- Development of efficient reuse and recycling strategies
- Focus on safety of materials for environment and society
PARTNERS
- HAW Hamburg (Germany – Coordinator)
- NaturePlast
- Fraunhofer / AWI / TUHH / HWWI (Germany)
- KTU (Lithuania)
- MMU (UK)
- IVL (Sweden)
- TalTech (Estonia)
- UNIBO / TICAS / AssobioServizi / CNR (Italy)
- TUL (Poland)
- TUAS / ABM (Finland)
- ACIB (Austria)
- UPM / ECOEMBES (Spain)
- Heng Hiap (Malaysia)
- PI (Belgium)
SUMMARY
- 22 partners
- Budget of 8.5 M€
- Financiers: European Commission (H2020)
- Execution period: 2019 – 2023
- https://bioplasticseurope.eu/
NATUREPLAST’S ROLE
NaturePlast is in charge of the definition of the formulations of biobased and/or biodegradable compounds, their production, and their industrialization.