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BADANA

Development of an automated process to extract fibres from the waste of banana food production for exploitation as a sustainable reinforcement in injection- and rotomoulded products

Coordinatore	SMITHERS RAPRA AND SMITHERS PIRA LIMITED Organization address address: Shrewsbury Road city: SHREWSBURY postcode: SY4 4NR contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Julia Cognome: Pickering Email: send email Telefono: +44 1939 252301 Fax: +44 1939 251118
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙002˙216 €
EC contributo	770˙409 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2008-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-07-01 - 2011-06-30

Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	SMITHERS RAPRA AND SMITHERS PIRA LIMITED Organization address address: Shrewsbury Road city: SHREWSBURY postcode: SY4 4NR contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Julia Cognome: Pickering Email: send email Telefono: +44 1939 252301 Fax: +44 1939 251118	UK (SHREWSBURY)	coordinator	46˙495.00
2	ROTOTEK LTD Organization address address: "Sylvan Way, Old Great North Road" city: NEWARK postcode: NG24 3UT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Martin Cognome: Spencer Email: send email Telefono: +44 1636 611 959 Fax: +44 1636 707 369	UK (NEWARK)	participant	165˙754.00
3	CMB Colorex Master Batches B.V. Organization address address: Achterdijk 12 city: Helmond postcode: 5705 CB contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Henry Cognome: Van Tilburg Email: send email Telefono: +31 492 524254 Fax: +31 492 528784	NL (Helmond)	participant	143˙060.00
4	Grupo Regional de Cooperativas Plataneras del Archipielago Canario Organization address address: Avenida de Anaga 11 city: Santa Cruz de Tenerife postcode: 38001 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Bernardo Cognome: Hernández Diáz Email: send email Telefono: +34 922 286 300 Fax: +34 922 286 355	ES (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)	participant	139˙659.00
5	"PEVA Ipari, Kereskedelmi es Szolgaltato Kft" Organization address address: Bajcsy-Zs. 7/a city: Dabas postcode: 2370 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Ollar Email: send email Telefono: +36 1 363 9083 Fax: +36 1 460 9505	HU (Dabas)	participant	134˙320.00
6	SIVEL Limited Organization address address: ZAHARY STOYANOV STREET 77 city: DOBRICH postcode: 9300 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Simeon Cognome: Simeonov Email: send email Telefono: +359 888 400 368 Fax: +359 58 604 832	BG (DOBRICH)	participant	134˙320.00
7	BSH ELECTRODOMESTICOS ESPANA SA Organization address address: CALLE ITAROA 1 city: HUARTE - PAMPLONA postcode: 31620 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Manuel Cognome: Aldea Lomero Email: send email Telefono: +34 676 660 171 Fax: +34 976 578360	ES (HUARTE - PAMPLONA)	participant	3˙526.00
8	GRUPO ANTOLIN-INGENIERIA SA Organization address address: "CARRETERA MADRID IRUN KM 244,8" city: BURGOS postcode: 9007 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Virginia Cognome: Morales Bombín Email: send email Telefono: +34 947 477890 Fax: +34 947 474847	ES (BURGOS)	participant	3˙275.00
9	AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Organization address address: CALLE SERRANO 117 city: MADRID postcode: 28006 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Carlos Manuel Cognome: Abad Ruiz Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 566 8852 Fax: +34 91 566 89 13	ES (MADRID)	participant	0.00
10	QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST Organization address address: University Road city: BELFAST postcode: BT7 1NN contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Pauline Cognome: Mccann Email: send email Telefono: +44 28 9097 3229 Fax: +44 28 9097 5182	UK (BELFAST)	participant	0.00
11	UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA Organization address address: C/ Juan de Quesada 30 city: LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA postcode: 35001 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Mario Domingo Cognome: Monzón Verona Email: send email Telefono: +34 928 458618 Fax: +34 928 451484	ES (LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA)	participant	0.00
12	UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA Organization address address: CALLE PEDRO CERBUNA 12 city: Zaragoza postcode: 50009 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jesús Cognome: Fuentelsaz Email: send email Telefono: +34 976 761 970 Fax: +34 976 761 9 69	ES (Zaragoza)	participant	0.00

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food automotive fodder smes moulded materials fish provides polymer wastes plant goods fibre composites sustainable badana plants bananas natural waste banana

Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'18% of the European consumption of bananas is produced in Canary Islands. Around 10 million banana plants are grown annually in Gran Canaria. The fibre obtained from the superposed layers of the pseudo-stem is called badana. In the past, the banana plant waste was used as a support element for tomato plants, and, for some decades, it was used in handicrafts such as basket-making and artificial flowers. The plant waste was used as fodder for cattle and goats, but factory farming has replaced it by pre-digested fodder. Today, however, these vegetable wastes are deposited in ravines where they become decomposition material. An estimated 25,000 tonnes per annum of natural fibre is found in this waste.

The BADANA project will develop a process to extract high-quality natural fibre from this waste and to exploit the fibres’ properties in polymer composites to be used in rotational- and injection-moulded products. This will be for the benefit of SMEs involved in the production of bananas and SMEs that supply OEMs and end-users with sustainable moulded composite products in the automotive, packaging, and consumer goods industries. This will provide the SMEs new market opportunities through satisfying the rapidly-growing demand of product manufacturers for ecoaesthetic (green) materials. The fibre production will be integrated in a food production cycle where a fish culture in dams provides water to banana cultivation. The fish will be fed with flour made from banana wastes. This provides a truly sustainable process of materials production that is complementary to existing food production practices and will not displace food production.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Europeans eat a lot of bananas. Thanks to new extraction and processing technology, all that waste fibre from banana plants may soon be used in polymer composites for products in the automotive and consumer goods sectors.