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INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS
AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
University of Belgrade

Eco conversion of lower grade PET and mixed recalcitrant PET plastic waste into high performing biopolymers (EcoPlastiC)

EU and EIC, HE Pathfinder, 101046758, 2022-2025
Coordinator: Dr Margaret Brennan Fournet, Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland
Participant from IMGGE: Dr Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic

Project ‘EcoPlastiC’ is putting PET plastics into a perpetual bio-cyclable loop. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a polymer used extensively in single-use packaging and beverage bottles as well as in the textiles industry, is not very circular. There is a growing need to convert unrecyclable post-use PET into new, high-performance bioplastics. In this case, post-use materials become ingredients for new products. The EU-funded EcoPlastiC project will optimise PET circularity. It will convert lower-grade PET and mixed recalcitrant PET plastic waste into high-performing biopolymers, through the development of a suite of breakthrough technologies adaptable to the waste input. For instance, it will develop a series of mechano-green, chemical and biocatalytic technologies to depolymerise PET. Moreover, microbiome processing will be used to produce new biopolymers.

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101046758
https://ecoplasticproject.eu

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