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Solutions through the new use for a waste of banana crop to develop products in aquaculture and plastics sector (LIFE BAQUA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Background Bananas represent 33% of the total agricultural production of the Canary Isles. The annual turnover of banana production amounts to €280 million (with an average domestic price of 0.81 €/kg in 2014). The Canary Isles account for 52% of total European banana production (the other main producers for Europe being the French overseas territorie ...
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Novel technology to boost the European Bioeconomy: reducing the production costs of PHA biopolymer and expanding its applications as 100% compostable food packaging bioplastic (EUROPHA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Bioplastics like PHA are long-term sustainable alternatives because they can show equal performance to conventional petrochemical plastics, originate from renewable non-food resources and are 100% bio-degradable. Although PHA shows better performance than alternative bioplastics (PLA and starch), the market uptake of PHA biosplastics shows the following obstacles: 1) PHA is expensive (>4.5 €/kg), ...
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Cost-effective low-friction SEALS by Texturing During Moulding technology (TDM-SEALS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

As associations of the European plastic and rubber industry, one of our main duties is to monitor potential markets in order to identify novel trends and emerging market niches which can bring growth opportunities to our enterprises, mainly SMEs. In the sector of plastic and rubber seals there is clear and growing demand for higher performance, “zero-leak” seals. A seal is a device that joins mech ...
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