UPLIFT
- Bio-Mi Drustvo S Ogranicenom Odgovornoscu Za Proizvodnju, Istrazivanjei Razvoj - Croatia,
- Asociacion de Investigacion de Materiales Plasticos y Conexas (Aimplas) - Spain,
- University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin - Ireland,
- Bioplastech LTD - Ireland,
- Sustainable Innovations Europe SL - Spain,
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH - Germany,
- Acib GmbH - Austria,
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - Denmark,
- Lund University - Sweden,
- Tecnaro Gesellschaft zur Industriellen Anwendung Nachwachsender Rohstoffe mbH - Germany,
- Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant Vzw - Belgium,
- Leibniz-Institut fur Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie eV Hans-Knoll-Institut - Germany,
- Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen) - Germany,
- Is Vestforbraeding - Denmark
Every year, the EU generates more than 20 million tonnes of plastic waste, but less than 30 % is recycled. One way to reduce this waste is to increase recyclability of post-consumer mixed plastics. The EU-funded UPLIFT project is developing scalable enzymatic and microbial degradation processes to selectively depolymerize and upcycle plastic packaging waste currently considered unrecyclable. Eco-design of renewable and easy-recyclable eco-polymers will pave the way to a sustainable plastic system, making packaging an available feedstock for the circular economy, also thanks to a biorefinery approach. By keeping plastic waste in the loop and integrating biobased building blocks instead of virgin fossil-based monomers, UPLIFT will reduce plastic waste generation and greenhouse gas emissions associated with its production.
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