Industrial scale-up and functionality extension of novel compostable (and bio-based) hetero-aromatic biopolymers for the flexible packaging and coatings industries (BioPolyScaleUp)

用于软包装和涂料行业的新型可堆肥（和生物基）杂芳族生物聚合物的工业放大和功能扩展（BioPolyScaleUp）

• 批准号: 10030679
• 金额: $ 44.67万
• 依托单位: BIOME TECHNOLOGIES PLC
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10030679
• 关键词: Industrial; scale; up; functionality; extension

Plastics are an essential part of life as we know it. However, their sourcing from fossil-based raw materials and end-of-life issues have contributed to the scrutiny and desire for change at governmental, industrial and societal levels. Biome's novel packaging impacts both issues - sourced from renewable bio-based origins and compostable.An estimated 9.2 billion tonnes of plastic waste have been generated globally since the 1950s (Statista,2022) of which over 50% remains in landfill or loose in the environment. Global greenhouse gas emissions from the production, recycling and disposal of plastics is more than double that of air travel (Nature-Climate-Change,2019).In line with current demand, fossil-based plastics are produced at a rate of ~330mtpa. While useful and ubiquitous, they have been developed focusing on function over end-of-life performance and their environmental impact. Recycling alone is not the complete answer to the "plastics problem". This includes cost, food contamination, degradation and environmental leakage to soils and oceans. Bio-based and biodegradable plastics are an important part of the solution providing low-carbon routes to such materials and biodegradation in appropriate environments.This collaborative project between Biome Technologies plc, Thomas Swan & Co and Nottingham University's Chemical Engineering Department will accelerate the manufacturing process and product optimisation, scaling-up of four novel bioplastics from Biome's current research in partnership with existing commercial customers.The project's outcome will facilitate the commercial deployment of a new range of sustainable and biodegradable materials, reducing landfill and the environmental burden of non-biodegradable plastics in composts and soils whilst increasing productivity and growth for the wider UK (bio)economy.

据我们所知，塑料是生活的重要组成部分。然而，它们的原材料来源和报废问题引发了政府、工业和社会层面的审查和变革的愿望。 Biome 的新型包装对这两个问题都有影响 - 来自可再生生物基来源和可堆肥。自 20 世纪 50 年代以来，全球估计产生了 92 亿吨塑料废​​物（Statista，2022），其中超过 50% 仍留在垃圾填埋场或散落在环境中。塑料生产、回收和处置产生的全球温室气体排放量是航空旅行排放量的两倍多（Nature-Climate-Change，2019）。根据当前需求，化石塑料的生产速度约为每年 330 吨。虽然有用且无处不在，但它们的开发重点是功能而不是报废性能及其对环境的影响。仅回收并不能完全解决“塑料问题”。这包括成本、食品污染、降解以及向土壤和海洋的环境泄漏。生物基和可生物降解塑料是解决方案的重要组成部分，为此类材料提供低碳路线并在适当的环境中进行生物降解。Biome Technologies plc、Thomas Swan & Co 和诺丁汉大学化学工程系之间的这一合作项目将加速制造过程以及产品优化，与现有商业客户合作扩大 Biome 目前研究的四种新型生物塑料的规模。该项目的成果将促进一系列新型可持续和可生物降解材料的商业部署，减少垃圾填埋场以及堆肥和土壤中不可生物降解塑料的环境负担，同时提高更广泛的英国（生物）经济的生产力和增长。