About
EcoBioCAP will provide the EU food industry with customizable, ecoefficient, biodegradable packaging solutions with direct benefits both for the environment and EU consumers in terms of food quality and safety. This next-generation packaging will be developed using advanced composite structures based on constituents (bio-polyesters, fibres, proteins, poly-phenolic compounds, bio-adhesives and high performance bio-additives) derived from food (oil, dairy, cereal and beer) industry by-products only and by applying innovative processing strategies to enable customisation of the packaging's properties to fit the functional, cost, safety and environmental impact requirements of the targeted fresh perishable foods (fruit and vegetable, cheese and ready to eat meal).
Demonstration activities with SMEs and industrial partners will enable the EcoBioCAP technology to be optimised in terms stability, safety, environmental impact and cost-effectiveness before full exploitation. The development of a decision support system for use by the whole packaging chain will make the EcoBioCAP technology is accessible to all stakeholders. Extensive outreach activities will not only disseminate the project results to the scientific community but also ensure that consumers and end-users are informed of the usage conditions and benefits of such bio-degradable packaging and how it should be disposed of.
Duration
01/03/2011 - 28/02/2015
Coordinator
Nathalie Gontard (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA), Paris, France)
DICAM Project Responsible
Fabio Fava
Participants
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA - ITALY
- FURST-PLAST - FRANCE
- FROMAGERIE DE HYELZAS - FRANCE
- CAMPDEN BRI MAGYARORSZAG NONPROFIT KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG - HUNGARY
- ALTERBIO FRANCE SARL - FRANCE
- INRA TRANSFERT S.A. - FRANCE
- AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS - SPAIN
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA - ITALY
- NOVAMONT SPA - ITALY
- INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLOGICA - PORTUGAL
- SIK - INSTITUTET FOER LIVSMEDEL OCH BIOTEKNIK AB - SWEDEN
- FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V - GERMANY
- NANOBIOMATTERS SL - SPAIN
- UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO - PORTUGAL
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK - IRELAND
Project Funding
3 million euro