Setting up administrative and technical management, ensuring timely delivery of all the financial and technical reports to the EC/BBI
Ensuring that goals and objectives are clearly defined and fulfilled throughout the project
Monitoring progress and supporting appropriate communication and work dynamics within the Consortium.
Tasks:
Task 1.1. Project activation
Task 1.2. Project quality assessment, knowledge and risk management
Task 1.3. Day-by-day management
Task 1.4. Reporting and administration
Task 1.5. Contract and legal management
BIO-BASED MATERIAL EXTRUSION AND FILM MAKING
Objectives:
Development and investigation of a new generation of  bioplastic materials based on PHAs, bio-based and biodegradable polymers, to be used in the food packaging sector.
Tasks:
Task 2.1. PHA production
Task 2.2. PHA compounding
Task 2.3. PHA film-making
BIO-BASED MATERIAL FUNCTIONALIZATION
Objectives:
Setting up optimal operating condition to functionalization
Setting up optimal operating condition to inking biodegradable films
Tasks:
Task 3.1. /Task 3.2. PHA functionalization
Task 3.3. Film inking
BIO-INKS SET UP
Objectives:
Optimization of water based inks suitable for printing and compostable and biodegradable media
Realization of a new bio-based and biodegradable ink
Optimization of bio-based inks formulations to print in high quality in flexographic/rotogravure method
Tasks:
Task 4.1. Existing water based ink optimization and printing conditions selection at lab scale
Task 4.2. Development of a new bio-based and biodegradable water based ink
Task 4.3. Printing process validation
NEW MATERIALS TEST AND VALIDATION
Objectives:
Performance of the migration test to assure the biopolymer safety for food application
Quantification of the biodegradability of the developed films
Definition of two food model application
Characterization of the mechanical and barrier properties of developed material
Tasks:
Task 5.1. Application of official migration tests to the developed films
Task 5.2. Quantification of the biodegradability
Task 5.3. Validation of the films application in food sector
Task 5.4. Mechanical and barrier properties of the developed films
VALIDATION IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT AND FOOD APPLICATION ANALYSIS
Objectives:
Evaluation of film application in bakeries packaging
Identification of potential risks affecting value chain and recommendations for the future
Identification of any regulatory constraints for innovative films applications
Identification of best specifications for each innovative material
Tasks:
Task 6.1. Validation in industrial environment
Task 6.2. Value chain analysis
Task 6.3. Legislative framework constraints
Task 6.4. Product benchmarking
PROCESS_BASED LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
Objectives:
Assessment of environmental and economic performance of the bio-based materials
Quantification of environmental impacts, between the biomaterials developed and existing alternatives
Recommendations to technology developers on how optimize environmental performance
Tasks:
Task 7.1. Process-based life cycle assessment (LCA)
Task 7.2. Environmental performance at full commercial-scale: effects of upscaling
Task 7.3. Climate change mitigation potential of biomaterial
Task 7.4. Cost benefit analysis (CBA)
COMMUNICATION, DISSEMINATION AND EXPLOITATION
Objectives:
Identification and characterization of stakeholders and dissemination target groups
Definition of result transfer conditions to those targeted groups
Preparation of a transversal activities plan aiming at the dissemination of the project results at a European scale
Support the promotion and dissemination actions to comply with the previous objective
To pave the way for future results exploitation
Tasks:
Task 8.1. Definition of dissemination strategy and plan
