The nenu2PHAr project brings together 16 key bioeconomy actors and was successfully launched online, on September 15, 2020. Over the next 3 years, the nenu2PHAr project will develop an original route of production PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate) from sustainable and renewable resources: micro-algae biomass and selection of bacteria strains. 8 PHA-based products with their respective end-of-life scenarios will be developed and benchmarked to their fossil-based counterparts. To overarching this ambitious goal, nenu2PHAr has six specific objectives:
- Develop competitive PHAs polymers bio-sourced, sustainable both from an environmental and economic perspective
- Formulate and functionalise polymer for masterbatch and compounding development
- Identify processes of PHA-material to reach defined functional properties of bioplastic better than fossil-fuel counterparts
- Develop eco-designed PHA-biobased products
- Demonstrate the circular economy and sustainability of the NENU2PHAR value chain
- Increase stakeholders and consumer awareness of new bio-plastic product for better acceptance and compliance to market
Applications will target various markets such as food packaging, cosmetic packaging, 3D printing filament, medical device and agrotextile.
Duration: 42 months (September 2020 – Mars 2024) | Total budget: € 6 395 081.2
Nenu2PHAr has received € 4 983 169.87 funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 887474. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the Bio Based Industries Consortium.
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