Towards a sustainable industrial chemistry model in Europe
Channel: TECNALIA
Date: 2021-05-19

The European chemical industry is facing a new revolution. New concepts such as sustainability and circularity are indispensable in order to overcome current limitations: product and process life cycle linearity, resource constraints, greenhouse gases and pollution, and the need for decarbonization, among others.

For this, biomass and biological feedstocks are projected to play a very important role in the upcoming future since they will be transformed into bio-based chemicals, new products and energy, replacing their fossil-based versions.

This virtual workshop has contemplated:

Successful initiatives about the development of biobased industries across Europe will be presented.

New opportunities to transform the production models according to the new economic and societal needs will be identified.

Opportunities related to the manufacture of high value-added raw materials from renewable sources or by-products will be presented, by developing fully recycled and recyclable packaging materials, by developing bio-based materials for vehicle manufacturing, and by breaking down barriers to boost the commercialisation of bio-based products.


0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:32 - BBI JU key achievements and the future CBE JU. Virginia Puzzolo. Head of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking Programme.
0:24:18 - Validation of IBMC production and applications in coatings, adhesives and more. The VIPRISCAR project. Luciano G. Mosegue. R&D scientist. B4Plastics.
1:01:17 - Innovative Refining Processes for valorisation of Vegetable Oil Deodorizer Distillates. Presentation of the IRODDI project. Dr. Olga Gómez de Miranda. Investigadora en Química Sostenible. TECNALIA.
1:23:16 - Performance driven selection of bio-based platform molecules for producing commodity chemicals: The RESOLVE/CHAMPION projects most relevant results. James Sherwood. Research fellow. Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at the University of York.
2:05:34 - Novel packaging films and textiles with tailored end of life and performance based on bio-based copolymers and coatings: The BIONTOP project presentation. Dr Rafael Alonso. Chemical Technology group -AIMPLAS.
2:33:33 - Bridging the bio-based economy collaboration gap: The BIOBRIDGES experience. Matteo Sabini. Project manager and trainer. APRE – Agency for the Promotion of the European Research.
2:53:55 - Bio-based copolymers for membrane end products for gas separations, BIOCOMEM project. Dr Oana David. Researcher in Membrane Technology and Process Intensification. TECNALIA.


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