{"id":10950,"date":"2026-10-01T09:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natureplast.eu\/?post_type=projet&#038;p=10950"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:01:05","slug":"phactus","status":"publish","type":"projet","link":"https:\/\/natureplast.eu\/en\/projet\/phactus\/","title":{"rendered":"Phactus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objectives<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>PHACTUS <\/strong>project <strong>aims <\/strong>to develop a continuous production process for <strong>PHA<\/strong>, biodegradable polymers produced from municipal <strong>organic waste<\/strong> and sludge from wastewater treatment. The resulting materials could be used in<strong> construction, agriculture, composites, and packaging<\/strong>. Digital monitoring and control tools will help ensure reliable production.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project has several objectives:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set up a <strong>pilot plant<\/strong> for the <strong>continuous <\/strong>production of <strong>PHA <\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To demonstrate the feasibility of ready-to-use<strong> biodegradable polymers<\/strong> for various industrial applications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce the carbon footprint across the entire life cycle by more than 50 percent, compared to <strong>PHA <\/strong>production <strong>from <\/strong>crops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce the production cost of <strong>PHAs to <\/strong>\u20ac3\/kg or less.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assess the feasibility of <strong>replicating this model<\/strong> in different regions of Europe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partners<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Rome &#8220;La Sapienza&#8221; (Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Verona (Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Bioeconomy Bureau (Belgium)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biotrend Innovation and Engineering in Biotechnology, S.A. (Portugal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NaturePlast (France)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of South Wales (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Montpellier (France)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kiepe Electric S.p.A. (Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACEA Infrastructure SpA (Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acea Ambiente S.p.A. (Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paques Biomaterials BV (Netherlands)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice (Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Research Council (Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stichting Wetsus (Netherlands)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AquaInSilico Lda (Portugal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>INRAE (France)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOVA.ID.FCT (Portugal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SIPHA S.r.l. (Italy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIO-MI (Croatia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intervention NaturePlast<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Compounding<\/strong>, <strong>injection molding, and <\/strong> <strong>characterization of <\/strong> <strong>the selected formulations <\/strong>on a laboratory scale.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Development of formulations for rigid applications based on <strong>PHA synthesized <\/strong>as part of the project in partnership with consortium members<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10944,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-10950","projet","type-projet","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natureplast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projet\/10950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natureplast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natureplast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projet"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natureplast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natureplast.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}