In the Interreg North-West Europe WOW! project we have shown that the recovery of carbon based elements from sewage results in valuable products like PHA bioplastic. What if we could also use industrial streams for producing PHA? Imagine how much conventional plastics we could replace with this. Sounds like good news! In part two of WOW! we have tested residual streams from different food processing industries on lab scale and pilot scale. After extraction, the PHA is ready for the 3D printing. The question still is if the material is suitable for printing? And something else, how circular is the PHA processing? During the EU Green Week 2023 we organise a webinar where we will tell you all about this and our results. Please join us online!
Program:
| 15:30h |
Welcome and introduction Jappe de Best, Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy/Avans |
| 15:40h |
Geographical journey – exploring the best potential locations for PHA production by Alexander Compeer, researcher Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy/Avans |
| 15:55h |
PHA production from residual streams - How the substrate composition influences the final product by Cora Laumeyer, University of Kaiserslautern and Mithyzi Andrade Leal, Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy/Avans |
| 16:40h |
Is Circularity Guidance Clear for Bioplastics? by John Gallagher, Trinity College Dublin |
| 16:55h | Closure by Jappe de Best, Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy/Avans |
| 17:00h | End of program |
