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BIOCOPAC: Sustainable bio-based coating from tomato processing by-products for food metal packaging (LIFE BIOCOPACPlus)
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2017,
Background
Lacquers for foodstuff packaging mainly consist of petroleum derivatives, with epoxy resin being the most widely utilised component. The use of a petrol-based lacquer increases the carbon footprint of a packaging company by 0.4% for each kilogram of metallic cans produced; 90% of this impact is linked to the production of the epoxy resin that c ...
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Sky Like Coating Materials for Hypogeal and SkyScrapers Architectures (SkyCoat)
Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,
Building skyscrapers, Real Estate has to constantly deal with social, economical and political issues. Nowadays market calls for a less conflictual and more profitable development niche, until now especially limited by livability and psychological constrains coming from the absence of natural light: underground architecture, including earth-sheltered and earth-covered buildings.Hypogeal spaces can ...
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Development of bio-based coating from tomato processing wastes intended for metal packaging (BIOCOPAC)
Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,
The goal of the project is to develop a bio-lacquer for the protection of metal food packaging to meet the demand for sustainable production and for the safeguarding of consumer health, at the same time increasing the competitiveness of the metal cans industry, valorizing the wastes produced by the preserved industry and reducing refuse. The core of the research is the development of a natural lac ...
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