UPCYCLE

Sustainable plastic biorefinery for recyclable and biodegradable packaging

*Bottle picture via shutterstock 1584499510 collaborator solarseven

UPCYCLE aims to demonstrate the feasibility (TRL7) of novel circular and renewable plastic value chains, accelerating the market uptake of polymers with designed biodegradability/recyclability for promising packaging applications and allowing for substitution of PET, PE and PP, among other fossil-based materials. These new eco-polymers will feature tuneable properties tailored to each application, offering improved chemoenzymatic recyclability while maintaining or enhancing technical functionalities.

While UPCYCLE will investigate biodegradation pathways in the open environment, its primary focus will be on compostable and recyclable packaging to ensure that materials remain in a controlled loop but are non-persistent in the event of environmental leakage.

ACTIVITIES of the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

Fermentation scale-up of the best building blocks identified in the project. 

PARTNERS

• Aalborg University, DK (Coordinator)  
• EROSKI SCOOP, ES 
• evyap, TK   
• Pack4Food, BE  
• BIO-MI, HR
• TECNARO, DE  
• Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, BE  
• Bioplastech, IE  
• Technical University of Denmark (DTU), DK   
• AIMPLAS, ES 
• LEIBNIZ-HKI (Hans-Knoll-Institut), DE  
• Forschungszentrum Julich (FZJ), DE 
• BOKU University, AT   
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, DE   
• Lund University, SE   
• RWTH Aachen University, DE   
• University College Dublin, IE   
• AEIMIS, ES   
• Eco Imagination, FR 

SUPPORTED by

This Project has received funding from the Horizon Europe research and innovation program under the grant agreement number 101178389.