Developing and Implementing Sustainability-Based Solutions for Bio-Based Plastic Production and Use to Preserve Land and Sea Environmental Quality in Europe
Updated on 21.06.2024
The objective of the project is the development of sustainable strategies and solutions for bio-based plastic products focused on circular innovation for the whole bio-plastics system. These may be deployed to support policymaking, innovation, and technology transfer. BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE focuses on innovative product design, health and safety standards, end-of-life solutions, and environmental and economic assessments of the life cycle of products. An additional aim is to develop business models for the efficient reuse and recycling of bio-based plastics, while ensuring the safety of recycled materials for the environment and humans.
Relevance for Circular Systemic Solutions
This project provides many relevant deliverables for cities and regions focused on CSSs related to bioeconomy, specifically the circular production of biobased and biodegradable plastics. The holistic approach of the project ensures that its deliverables address all stakeholders along the value chain of biobased plastics, including waste site managers, policy-makers, business developers, scientists, and innovators among others. Two particularly useful deliverables for the Map phase of CSS deployment are the "Strategies for circular innovation of the whole bio-plastics system" and the project's "White paper".
Main results and lessons learnt
The project produced a number of relevant and useful outputs, including:
- Handbook on the impacts of bio-based and biodegradable plastics on existing waste management frameworks.
- BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE Sustainability Framework.
- BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE Project2Policy Concept.
- BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE Policy White Paper.
- D5.3 Development of Strategies for circular innovation of the whole bio-plastics system.
- D5.4 BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE Policy Brief.
- D6.1 Technical Report: Definition of the current EU bioplastic approach to standards defining biodegradability and safety.
- D6.5 Final bioplastic safety protocol produced and approved.
These can be found on: https://bioplasticseurope.eu/downloads/public-deliverables
Horizon programme and topic
Programme:
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy
Topic:
- CE-BG-06-2019 - Sustainable solutions for bio-based plastics on land and sea
Responsible organisation and contact details
HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN HAMBURG
Contact the project: https://bioplasticseurope.eu/contact
Project consortium partners
- HOCHSCHULE FUR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN HAMBURG
- FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV
- KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS
- THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
- IVL SVENSKA MILJOEINSTITUTET AB
- TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
- POLITECHNIKA LODZKA
- ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG
- CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
- TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG
- HAMBURGISCHES WELTWIRTSCHAFTSINSTITUT GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH
- ACIB GMBH
- UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
- TECNOLOGIE INNOVATIVE PER IL CONTROLLO AMBIENTALE E LO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA
- HENG HIAP INDUSTRIES SDN BHD
- NATUREPLAST
- ARCTIC BIOMATERIALS OY
- PROSPEX INSTITUTE
- ASSOBIOPLASTICHE SERVIZI SOCIETA ARESPONSABILITA LIMITATA
- ECOEMBALAJES ESPANA, S.A.
CEAP2 key product value chain
CEAP2 key product value chain
including bio-based economy
e.g. B2B services
e.g. chemicals, cosmetics, bio-based industries
e.g. electrical engineering, furniture and interior, textile and fashion
<5 000
large 500 000-200 000, medium 200 000-50 000, and small cities 50 000-5 000
large metropolitan area >1.5 million, metropolitan area 1.5 million-500 000
predominantly urban regions, intermediate and predominantly rural regions, refer to TERCET typology NUTS 3 region
