Enzycle celebrated the achievements of the last years at the final event in Madrid
The three BBI-JU-funded projects Enzycle, Bizente and Recover are coming to an end …
Microbial enzymes for the treatment of non-recycled plastic fractions
Author: Juan Antonio Tamayo Ramos, ITENE Plastic waste management has been evolving during the last two decades, improving the recyclability and sustainability of the processes involved. Year after year, recycling and energy recovery have gained ground on landfilling, which is the worst option for plastic waste management from a sustainability point of view. It is […]
Save the date: Final event ENZYCLE project
The ENZYCLE project, along with Bizente and Recover, invites you to their joint final event in Madrid, Spain, on April 9th and 10th, 2024. This event showcases the innovative use of enzymes in advancing Europe’s circular economy by exploring the recycling of plastics into valuable monomers. Attendees will connect project outcomes with industrial applications, discover […]
Webinar: The potential of enzymatic plastic recycling
BIZENTE, RECOVER and ENZYCLE invite for a joint webinar The three projects, funded by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking under the EUs Horizon 2020 innovation and research program, are demonstrating the power of enzymes for boosting the circular economy in Europe. In a joint webinar, we will share our achievements in terms of enzymatic ways […]
The power of CO2 for cristallizing TPA from PET
Author: Daniela Trambitas, Feyecon Introducing a groundbreaking achievement in the ENZYCLE project: We’ve harnessed the power of CO2 to successfully crystallize TPA from PET hydrolysed solutions, all without the need for any pre-purification steps. Witness the future of sustainability as we send our first solid batch to INDORAMA for re-polymerization, paving the way for the […]
Renewable materials for PET production
Author: Peter Spannring, Indorama Indorama is one of the leading partners in the production of pure PET pellets used for diapers, food contact materials (e.g. soft drink bottles) or textiles. Mixed plastic applications, such as copolymerized material with polyolefins, also show great potential, for example to give plastics more strength or better gas barrier properties. […]
Specialized yeasts for the production of plastic degrading enzymes
Author: Mattijs Julsing, Wageningen Food & Biobased Research Microorganisms are the invisible heroes of biotechnology. Normally, society has a negative attitude towards microorganisms, as they are often associated with pathogenic properties. In fact, however, most microorganisms play a beneficial role for the entire ecosystem, and they do so in biotechnological approaches such as enzymatic plastic […]
From plastic waste, greenwashing, and an enzymatic solution
Author: Katrin Weinhandl, acib The climate crisis is omnipresent and more and more people are trying to make their consumer behaviour more sustainable. But a product is not always as “green” as the associated marketing suggests. When companies pretend that their products are sustainable, this is called “greenwashing”. When it comes to plastic waste, many […]
Podcast interview with Kristie Tanner from DARWIN
Little plastic eaters – please step forward! Evolution means the adaptation of an organism to environmental conditions. So did a variety of microorganisms, who have learned to use plastic components as an energy source. Would be interesting to find out who they are! Kristie Tanner from Darwin Bioprospecting Excellence in Valencia knows some of them […]
Can Escherichia coli, the working horse of biotechnology, get us out of plastic wastage?
Authors: Mathias Fink & Gerald Striedner, BOKU Plastics of various kinds have conquered almost all areas of human life and their properties allow a wide variety of applications. However, man’s careless use of plastic leads to ubiquitous environmental pollution (water, soil, air), and the common approach of single use followed by disposal through landfill or […]
