ViSS presented by Tecnoalimenti at Circular Economy Workshop
Marianna Faraldi has been invited as speaker to the Online Workshop “Technologies and models of circular economy for the valorisation of agricultural resources”
On 1 April 2025, Airi – Italian Association for Industrial Research, organised a workshop focused on circular economy approaches in the agrifood sector. At the event, the ViSS project was introduced as a cutting-edge project in the framework of PHBV based materials for food packaging applications. Fifty-two experts attended the event, carried out in Italian.
ViSS was presented by Tecnoalimenti, as part of one of the R&I projects building upon the company’s experience matured on new alternatives to fossil-based plastics for packaging applications in the food sector.
The workshop provided an opportunity for discussion on the implementation of more efficient, sustainable and innovative processes and products to foster competitiveness and quality in the agribusiness sector. With biotechnology, advanced chemistry and materials, advanced production systems and digital technologies as enabling factors, companies and projects like ViSS can create a more resilient supply chain, transparent and efficient, and improve sustainability and environmental impact.
A major area of innovation is the development and optimisation of processes for processing organic matrices, including waste, to make products in various application areas, such as nutraceuticals, cosmetics, natural biostimulants and biocides, textiles and finally packaging, just as ViSS plans to do.
The initiative was carried out within the UMARI project – Using waste Matrixes from Agrifood to Recycle them into functional Ingredients, focused on extracting and valorising phytocomplexes from plant waste in Calabria, aiming to create sustainable, organic products with antioxidant and antimicrobial properties for the nutraceutical, cosmetic, and agricultural sectors.
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