Unipi Team Leader: Prof. Patrizia Cinelli, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale 

The plastic shopping bag we use today was invented in 1965. By the 1980s, the plastic bag revolution was in full swing with grocers and department stores around the world using them. It was a simple decision since plastic bags are stronger and cheaper compared to paper. Reducing plastic bag use is a priority for the EU today. The EU-funded BIOnTop project will help shape the future of the plastics sector via recyclable-by-design cost-competitive packaging solutions.

The packaging will be made from renewable resources and will be biodegradable in home-composting conditions as well as recyclable for secondary packaging.

Coordinator

AIMPLAS - ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE MATERIALES PLASTICOS Y CONEXAS, Spain

Other participants

• CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, Italy
• CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE & TECHNIQUE DEL'INDUSTRIE TEXTILE BELGE ASBL, Belgium
• FACHHOCHSCHULE ALBSTADT-SIGMARINGEN, Germany
• EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS EV, Germany
• TOTAL CORBION PLA BV, Netherlands
• PLANET BIOPLASTICS SRL, Italy
• BIO-MI DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA PROIZVODNJU, ISTRAZIVANJEI RAZVOJ, Croatia
• EMSUR MACDONELL SA, Spain
• CRISTOBAL MESEGUER SA, Spain
• SILON SRO, Czechia
• SIOEN INDUSTRIES NV, Belgium
• WEAREBIO OU, Estonia
• QUESERIAS ENTREPINARES SA, Spain
• UBESOL SL, Spain
• ORGANIC WASTE SYSTEMS NV, Belgium
• ROMEI SRL, Italy
• IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA, Spain
• LABORATORI ARCHA SRL, Italy
• ENCO SRL, Italy
• MOVIMENTO CONSUMATORI, Italy
• INNOTECH COEXPAN-EMSUR SL, Spain

Start date: 1 June 2019
End date: 31 May 2023
Project cost: € 5 447 389,01
Project funding: € 4 219 696,74
Unipi quota: € 70 177,00
Call title: H2020-BBI-JTI-2018
Unipi role: Third Party
Project website: https://biontop.eu/