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RICREA

Description

sustainable and innovative food packaging for fresh produce, made from compostable bio-based polymer material to which a significant proportion of agricultural waste is added during the manufacturing process as a filler, in order to create a new biocomposite.

Sector

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

Needs/ Problem statement

reduction in the use of plastic materials for packaging

Objective

The overall, long-term objective of the project is to reduce the environmental impact of the production and use of plastic packaging by replacing it on the market with bio-packaging made from straw and biopolymers; to establish a pilot plant for the production of bio-packaging; and to analyse the market and tailor the product to the needs of agricultural businesses.

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsnull

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialx

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries null

Feedstock

Biomass residues

Outcomes and final product

Prototypes for the packaging will be produced using various methods. We will start by combining biopolymers and straw to determine the minimum amount of biopolymers that can be used. Testing of the straw concentration at various pressures and its mechanical strength. Tests on the product’s mechanical strength and compostability. The final result will be the production of various prototypes in different shapes and combinations, which will be tested during shipping to identify the most suitable one for each application.

Mobility

Static

Value chains

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.

C Sink

1
2
3

3 - High potential - strong potential for carbon sequestration at the feedstock and product level).

Intended user

Farmers/foresters

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

3 -complex application

Final user

Farmerx

Foresternull

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailernull

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Othernull

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

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

Social sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant 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 (€)

399362.19

Operational costs (€)

null

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

null

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

3-green

Country

IT

Official website

https://muliniepastifici1875.com/site/progetto-ricrea/

OG Region

TI32 - Ancona ITI34 - Ascoli Piceno ITI35 - Fermo

Geographic Scope

Local

Focus Area

FA 2A: Improving the economic performance of all farms and facilitating farm restructuring and modernisation

Key words

Competitiveness/new business models

Main source of funding

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

Period

2020-2023

Duration (months)

36

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

4

Forester:

null

Advisor:

null

Researcher:

1

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

null

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

1

Status

Completed

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

TRL 8 – system complete and qualified

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