NANOSAFEPACK
Development of a best practices guide for the safe handling and use of nanoparticles in packaging industries
| Coordinatore | "TECNI-PLASPER, S.L."
Organization address
address: CALLE BONAVENTURA ARIBAU contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Spain [ES] |
| Totale costo | 2˙240˙594 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙626˙339 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2011 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME-AG |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-12-01 - 2014-11-30 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
"TECNI-PLASPER, S.L."
Organization address
address: CALLE BONAVENTURA ARIBAU contact info |
ES (LA ROCA DEL VALLES BARCELONA) | coordinator | 454˙861.75 |
| 2 |
EUROPEAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Organization address
address: AVENUE DE CORTENBERGH 71 contact info |
BE (BRUXELLES) | participant | 630˙634.10 |
| 3 |
CENTRO ESPANOL DE PLASTICOS
Organization address
address: CALLE ENRIQUE GRANADOS 101 contact info |
ES (BARCELONA) | participant | 251˙864.10 |
| 4 |
ASSOCIACAO PORTUGUESA DA INDUSTRIA DE PLASTICOS
Organization address
address: RUA DE S JOSE 35 EDIFICIO LIBERSIL TORRE 2C contact info |
PT (LISBON) | participant | 126˙770.50 |
| 5 |
TEC STAR SRL
Organization address
address: VIALE EUROPA 40 contact info |
IT (CAMPOGALLIANO MO) | participant | 87˙942.50 |
| 6 |
INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Organization address
address: Research Avenue North, Riccarton 45 contact info |
UK (EDINBURGH) | participant | 38˙391.00 |
| 7 |
"INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DEL EMBALAJE, TRANSPORTE Y LOGISTICA"
Organization address
city: Paterna contact info |
ES (Paterna) | participant | 35˙875.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The main aim of the NanoSafePACK project is to develop a best practices guide to allow the safe handling and use of nanomaterials in packaging industries, considering integrated strategies to control the exposure to nanoparticles (NP) in industrial settings, and provide the SMEs with scientific data to minimize and control the NP release and migration from the polymer nanocomposites placed on the market. To achieve this aim, a complete hazard and exposure assessment will be conducted to obtain new scientific data about the safety of polymer composites reinforced using nanometer-sized particles. The proposed work will focus on a selected set of nanometer-sized materials (nanoclays and metal oxide NP) relevant to the packaging sector. Full characterisation will be carried out, followed by an exposure measurement in order to identify and quantify any potential particle release in the production and processing activities. A comprehensive hazard assessment will allow the evaluation of effects on human and environmental models, including the development of a NP migration and release index as a hazard indicator. Results from the exposure and hazard assessment studies will be used to compile a risk assessment of the use of NP in the packaging industry. An evaluation of the effectiveness of risk management measures will be undertaken in order to select and design practical and cost effective strategies, which will be easy to implement in the real operational conditions of industrial settings. In addition, as part of this assessment we will conduct a life cycle assessment of nanocomposites, by evaluating their impacts during the processes of manufacture, use and disposal. The key aims of this project are aligned with the needs of the packaging industries in relation to the use of NP as nanoreinforcements the need to improve knowledge and guidance on safety issues for workers and consumers, which must be addressed prior to their widespread use.'