ViSS progresses towards sustainable plastics solutions
The consortium partners met in Sevilla for the Third General Assembly
The gathering was an occasion for reviewing progresses after the first year of the project and planning future actions. The focus was on evaluating the work’s current status, from residues management to PHBV formulation processes.
Updates were shared on the optimisation of fermentation processes for the production of PHBV, which will be a constituent of the final plastic product. Preliminary plans for PHBV formulation, compounding, and small-scale validation were discussed. The project is using different techniques to identify optimal approaches at a small scale. Mathematical modelling is playing a key role in supporting industrial scaling and facilitating decision-making.
The project coordinator, José Antonio Plaza, emphasizes the importance of this milestone in leading the project towards new achievements:
ViSS project is advancing towards the upscaling of PHBV production processes while applying novel approaches across the whole value-chain, which will further help decarbonise the plastics industry while making it safer and more economically and socially sustainable.
Indeed, the project’s results aim to develop a sustainable bio-based and biodegradable plastic that meets the requirements of various applications, such as short shelf-life food packaging. This plastic avoids the use of hazardous substances, ensuring they are non-toxic while preserving the biodegradability of PHBV, in line with the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework, which also addresses the social readiness and marketability of ViSS novel solutions.
ViSS is advancing towards a circular business model representing a shift away from fossil-based plastics in food packaging.
Photo credits: Juan Antonio Pavón Losada
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The European project seeks to set up a strong value chain for PHBV, a biodegradable copolymer made from microorganisms and renewable carbon sources. Processing this copolymer, a new bio-based plastic will be created for food packaging applications.
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