WHEYLAYER
Whey protein-coated plastic films to replace expensive polymers and increase recyclability
| Coordinatore | PIMEC PETITA I MITJANA EMPRESA DE C ATALUNYA
Organization address
address: Calle Viladomat 174 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Spain [ES] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.wheylayer.eu |
| Totale costo | 3˙328˙381 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙529˙732 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2007-2 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME-AG |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-11-01 - 2011-10-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
PIMEC PETITA I MITJANA EMPRESA DE C ATALUNYA
Organization address
address: Calle Viladomat 174 contact info |
ES (Barcelona) | coordinator | 359˙354.37 |
| 2 |
DUNREIDY ENGINEERING LIMITED
Organization address
address: Hebron Industrial Estate Unit 53 contact info |
IE (Kilkenny) | participant | 282˙926.00 |
| 3 |
CENTRO EUROPEO SVILUPPO APPLICAZIONI PLASTICHE SRL CONSORTILE
Organization address
address: VIA VIENNA 56 contact info |
IT (VERDELLINO ZINGONIA) | participant | 281˙032.00 |
| 4 |
MAGYAR VEGYIPARI SZOVETSEG
Organization address
address: BECSI UT 85 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | participant | 239˙752.00 |
| 5 |
ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE RICICLATORIE RIGENERATORI MATERIE PLASTICHE
Organization address
address: Centro Direzionale Milanofiori Palazzo F/3 contact info |
IT (ASSAGO) | participant | 237˙376.00 |
| 6 |
GOSPODARSKO INTERESNO ZDRUZENJE GROZD PLASTTEHNIKA - GIZ GROZD PLASTTEHNIKA
Organization address
address: KIDRI?EVA 25 contact info |
SI (CELJE) | participant | 237˙058.00 |
| 7 |
MEIEREI GENOSSENSCHAFT EG LANGENHORN
Organization address
address: BAHNHOFSWEG 1 contact info |
DE (LANGENHORN) | participant | 233˙162.00 |
| 8 |
LLETERS DE CATALUNYA LLET NOSTRA SCCL
Organization address
address: PARC CIENT TEC UNI GI C PIC PAGUERA 11 contact info |
ES (GIRONA) | participant | 214˙766.00 |
| 9 |
LAJOVIC TUBA EMBALAZA DOO
Organization address
address: VEROVSKOVA 66 contact info |
SI (LJUBLJANA) | participant | 172˙177.00 |
| 10 |
MANUFACTURAS SERVIPLAST SA
Organization address
address: CL COBALTO 13 contact info |
ES (Hospitalet Llobregat) | participant | 112˙324.21 |
| 11 |
INNOVACIO I RECERCA INDUSTRIAL I SOSTENIBLE SL
Organization address
address: AVENIDA DEL CANAL OLIMPIC 15 PARC MEDITERRANI DE LA TECNOLOGIA EDIFICIO C4 BLOQUE ANEXO PLANTA BAJA contact info |
ES (Castelldefels) | participant | 66˙615.70 |
| 12 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 38˙614.00 |
| 13 |
VEREIN ZUR FOERDERUNG DES TECHNOLOGIETRANSFERS AN DER HOCHSCHULE BREMERHAVEN E.V.
Organization address
address: An der Karlstadt 10 contact info |
DE (BREMERHAVEN) | participant | 27˙802.00 |
| 14 |
UNIVERSITA DI PISA
Organization address
address: Lungarno Pacinotti 43/44 contact info |
IT (PISA) | participant | 24˙920.00 |
| 15 |
MUKI LABOR MUANYAG VIZSGALO ES FEJLESZTO KFT - MUKI LABOR POLYMER TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT LTD
Organization address
address: BUDAFOKI STR 187 189 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | participant | 1˙853.42 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'In the food industry, the oxidation of fats, oils, and other food components produces off-flavours, off-colours and nutrient loss. Protection against oxygen is a vital requirement of food packaging. Common synthetic polyolefin films such as PE and PP are excellent moisture barriers, but must be coated or laminated with synthetic polymers including EVOH and PVDC copolymers to provide an oxygen barrier. The resulting polymeric structures, while effective in minimising the permeation of oxygen, water vapour, and odour, are characterised by their poor reuse due to difficulties in separating each layer for its individual recycling. For this reason, scientists are continually investigating alternative packaging materials such as the use of biopolymers. Despite all the advantages offered by biopolymer films, they present limitations in their application due to a series of physical properties and difficulties in formation. Recent academic studies reveal that whey, the milk protein by-product of cheese production, acts as a good moisture-barrier film with acceptable mechanical integrity. In addition, the use of whey coating on plastic films can improve the recyclability and reuse of the plastic layer by removing the whey protein chemically or enzymatically. This present project will build on past research in order to arrive at a commercially feasible technique for developing whey coated plastic films, without compromising the oxygen or moisture barrier performance of conventional plastic films, while increasing their recyclability. The impact of this project will be considerable and embraces many issues: finding a value-added commercial use of currently discarded whey protein, replacing harmful petroleum-based plastics with a natural by-product which would safeguard the performance and enhance the recyclability of substrate film, meeting to growing consumer and political environmental concerns, thus adding huge value for EU packaging, food and dairy industries.'
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