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Ecological recycling of biopolymers

Description

Ecological recycling of biopolymers

Sector

A1.6Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities

Needs/ Problem statement

Conventional mechanical recycling of biopolymers is currently not a technologically feasible process, as their products often end up in the mixed plastic waste chain, where they contaminate fossil plastics and make subsequent recycling impossible. Biodegradation itself requires demanding technological and economic conditions.

Objective

Design of a system of post-consumer processing of biopolymers enabling their more massive use as a substitute for fossil polymers, the waste of which unbearably increases the global ecological burden.

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsx

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialnull

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries null

Feedstock

Wastes

Outcomes and final product

Recycled bioplastic

Mobility

Static

Value chains

1
2
3

2 - Medium potential - Significant availability of feedstocks available by 2035.

C Sink

1
2
3

1 - Low potential - low potential for carbon sequestration

Intended user

Waste treatment plant

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

4 - very complex application (conditions)

Final user

Farmernull

Foresternull

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailerx

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Otherx

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

2 - Medium potential - Expected to bring 2 or 1 economic benefits.

Social sustainability

1
2
3

2 - Medium potential -Expected to bring 2 or 1 social benefits.

Environmental sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant environmental benefits.

Added value

Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high

Bioplastics & Polymers = Intermediate

Equipment maintenance costs (€/year)

null

Investment cost (€)

null

Operational costs (€)

592448

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

null

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

3-green

Country

CZ

Official website

https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/SS06020282#project-main

OG Region

CZ05Severovýchod

Geographic Scope

National

Focus Area

FA 5C: Facilitating the supply and use of renewable sources of energy

Key words

Circular economy, incl. waste, by-products and residues

Main source of funding

Other public (national, regional) research funds

Period

2023-2025

Duration (months)

32

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

null

Forester:

null

Advisor:

1

Researcher:

1

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

2

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

null

Status

Ongoing

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

TRL 2 – technology concept formulated

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