Unibo Team Leader: Prof. Fabio Fava, Dip. di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e dei Materiali
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 (biopolyesters, fibres, proteins, polyphenolic compounds, bioadhesives 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.
Coordinator
Institut National de la Recerche Agronomìque (France)
Other participants
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
- Dip. di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e dei Materiali
- Resp. Scientifico: Prof. Fabio Fava
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
(Germany)
Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnologica (Portugal)
Nanobiomatters S.l. (Spain)
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (Italy)
SIK – Institutet foer Livsmedel och Bioteknik AB (Sweden)
Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork (Eire)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)
Campden BRI Magyarország Nonprofit Korlatolt Felelősségű Társaság (Hungary)
Furst-Plast (France)
Novamont S.p.a. (Italy)
Fromagerie de Hyelzas (France)
Alterbio France S.a.r.l. (France)
INRA Transfert S.A (France)
Start date 01/03/2011
End date 28/02/2015
Duration 48 months
Project cost 4.235.860 EURO
Project Funding 2.999.780 EURO
Subprogramme Area KBBE.2010.2.3-01- Development of biodegradable food packaging
Contract type Collaborative project. Small or medium-scale focused research project.