SFI Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research
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From plastic waste to sustainable BioPolymers, EcoPlastiC develops novel technologies that convert mixed plastic waste into high-performance biopolymers that can be perpetually recycled.
The technology developed in this project will lead to the production of research-grade PHA biopolymers, which can be regenerated perpetually and used in the same or similar applications as the equivalent fossil fuel produced virgin polymer, thereby reducing the carbon footprint.
The long-term goal is for the process to be applicable to virtually any plastic material such multilayer packaging (including PET, PE, PP and barrier layers such as EVOH, PA, metallized films) but also flexible films that cannot be recycled cost effectively to date
This is an EIC Pathfinder project that started on 1st October 2022 with a budget of €3,045,503.
AMBER Researchers & Project Coordinator: Margaret Brennan Fournet
Project Website: https://ecoplasticproject.eu/
AMBER has a strong emphasis on collaboration. Central to AMBER’s research remit are collaborative projects performed with industry partners, and working with academic, industry and wider stakeholder on international and national research programmes.
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