BioSupPack, within a 42 months window, will contribute to the creation of a new bio-cluster/value chain connecting several sectors (i.e. agri-food, bio-plastics, pulp & paper, and packaging).

The project will explore, first at lab-scale and pilot level and then at large scale, the possibility to use brewery industry by-products (beer-spent grains) as a fermentation feedstock for PHB production because of their large availability in Europe that remains constant throughout the year. Their high moisture and low fermentable sugar content properties make beer spent grains a suitable solution to produce PHB polymers.

Within the project, the barrier, hydrophobic and squeezable properties of PHA-based packaging will be improved. Meanwhile assessing the feasibility of the new products’ recycling and re-use. The consortium will consider the organization of the whole value chain, managing both brewery waste logistic aspects and new packaging waste identification and sorting.

BioSupPack focuses on final consumers’ satisfaction and perception to deliver marketable products after the end of the project in the food, beverage, homecare and cosmetic products’ packaging segments. In fact, the partners will collaborate to demonstrate at least two new bio-based materials and to create two new consumer products of commercial value after the end of the project that are also safe and in compliance with European regulatory standards in place.

Logoplaste will be mainly focusing its participation on Work Package 2, leading it, and assuming a special role, with its vast experience in the development of innovative packaging solutions, aiding on the characterization of the raw material formulations and taking on the task of develop a proprietary packaging solutions for market application that can incorporate the new raw materials generated by the consortium partners. This packaging solution will go through the normal development process, from a design concept to the final packaging prototypes.

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