THE PROJECT
Paper and cardboard represented 41% of packaging waste generated by weight in the EU-28 in 2013 (about 32.2 million tonnes). The appearance of microplastics in recycled paper secondary materials and compost is becoming a major concern. There is a high potential for mobilizing synergies between business and research in the area of combined paper-bioplastics packaging design, production and recycling in Central Europe. Linkages are not sufficiently established due to lack of awareness among paper packaging producers on new bioplastics materials, a separated focus on plastics and paper in clusters and branch organizations, the lack of a common innovation strategy within a clear European and national legal and economic context and the lack of dedicated tools to support SME’s in introducing new paper-plastics packaging solutions. The main project objective is to provide to stronger linkages between R&D institutions and companies in the area of paper-plastics packaging solutions with the aim to introduce verified biodegradable materials in paper and cardboard packaging. The project foresees an innovative cross-sectoral approach and the involvement of clusters, branch organizations and stakeholders, that will allow to focus on regional economic specialisations and to speed up technology transfer. The Project Partners will establish a Transnational Biocomposite Packaging Centre as a virtual RDI platform that brings together cross-sectoral capacities in paper and bioplastics, linked with regional innovation systems and the European Enterprise Network, supported by an integrated cross-sectoral business support service including a set of dedicated tools tested under pilot actions and disseminated among cluster coordinators and EEN consultants. A Central European Strategy on biocomposite packaging innovation systems shall set the framework, a handbook: "Sustainable Paper-Plastic Design" and an audit tool will help companies to quickly verify opportunities and chose for change.
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24-25.10.2019
STEERING COMMITEE
5th Steering Committee
Steering committee in beautiful Nitra to discuss about the current situation, the pilot actions, the transnational biocomposite packaging centre. The team visited CEPOMA, the Center for Applied Research of environmentally friendly polymeric materials of the Slovak University of Technology, and Panara, a company who works with new materials for packaging (Nonoilen).
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Start Date
01.05.2017
End Date
30.04.2020
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Conference Milano 19.03.2019 - THE ROLE OF LARGE SCALE RETAILERS IN THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING (recyclable, biodegradable and compostable)
- Analysis of paper-plastic value chain in Italy (pdf 0.6 MB)
- Come si verifica il packaging biodegradabile e compostabile? (pdf 1.2 MB)
- Strategia summary BIOCOMPACK-ITA (pdf 0.6 MB)
- Il riciclo degli imballaggi in carta e cartone - Carlo MONTALBETTI (pdf 1.5 MB)
- Strategie per la sostenibilità dei multimateriali a base di cartaplastica - Graziano ELEGIR (pdf 1.3 MB)
- La strategia UE sulle plastiche premesse, previsioni e valutazioni di prospettiva tra iniziative UE e cambi di paradigma - Enzo FAVOINO (pdf 1.7 MB)
