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Goals

The project’s overall objective is to demonstrate a seamless sustainable route to a circular economy for plastics by developing an advanced energy, carbon, and cost-efficient waste plastic biotransformation into high market demand bioproducts and bioplastics. The consortium brings together leading experts from industry and academia contributing a set of purpose-designed and ground-breaking technologies in order to achieve the following specific objectives:

1. Development of accelerated high-efficiency biodegradation incorporating microorganism communities expressing at least three novel and improved enzymatic activities enabling the degradation of mixtures of plastics.
2. Sustainable degradation of at least 20% of mixed plastics.
3. Bioprocessed high value bioproducts including equivalent bioplastics valorising mixed plastic waste.
4. Sustainable prototype system plan, paving the way to bring the developed solution to the market, fulfilling current needs, future expectations, and delivering a seamless bio-innovative route for a circular economy for plastics.


Research Topic in Frontiers in Bioengineering & Biotechnology edited by BioICEP partners

Bio-Technological Processes and Enzymes for the Conversion and Valorization of Plastic Wastes

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Highlights

Biocatalysis for the Biological Transformation of Polymer Science conference

17/06/2022

Our friends from NTUA attend the Polymers 2022 - New Trends in Polymers Science: Health of the Planet, Health of the People conference

27/05/2022

Characterization of the Thermostable Biosurfactant Produced by Burkholderia thailandensis DSM 13276

26/05/2022

A Circular Bioprocess for the Sustainable Conversion of Polyethylene Terephthalate to Muconic Acid with an Engineered Pseudomonas Putida

23/05/2022

The BioICEP project will be present at the 13th Panhellenic Scientific Conference on Chemical Engineering

19/05/2022

Our iBET partners presented the BioICEP project at Encontro de Ciência 2022

19/05/2022

A polyesterase from the Antarctic bacterium Moraxella sp. degrades highly crystalline synthetic polymers

04/05/2022

Dr. Sanja Jeremic talks about the BioICEP Project on Serbian National Television

04/04/2022

Our friend Marija Mojicevic presented BIOICEP in LOOPS webinar.

04/04/2022

Multiple recycling of a PLA/PHB biopolymer blend for sustainable packaging applications: Rheology-morphology, thermal, and mechanical performance analysis

28/03/2022

A Review on Biological Synthesis of the Biodegradable Polymers Polyhydroxyalkanoates and the Development of Multiple Applications

16/03/2022

The BioICEP project turns two years old

14/03/2022

Rendering Bioinert Low-Density Polyethylene Amenable for Biodegradation via Fast High Throughput Reactive Extrusion Assisted Oxidation

21/02/2022

The BioICEP Project is holding its first workshop

09/02/2022

Progressing Ultragreen, Energy-Efficient Biobased Depolymerization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) via Microwave-Assisted Green Deep Eutectic Solvent and Enzymatic Treatment

07/01/2022

Fast, High Monomer Yield from Post-consumer Polyethylene Terephthalate via Combined Microwave and Deep Eutectic Solvent Hydrolytic Depolymerization

13/12/2021

Potential one-step strategy for PET degradation and PHB biosynthesis through co-cultivation of two engineered microorganisms

05/11/2021

Upcycling Biodegradable PVA/Starch Film to a Bacterial Biopigment and Biopolymer

27/10/2021

Knowledge is power

28/09/2021

Novel Transaminase and Laccase from Streptomyces spp. Using Combined Identification Approaches

30/07/2021

Composite Films of Thermoplastic Starch and CaCl2 Extracted from Eggshells for Extending Food Shelf-Life

22/07/2021

Study on the influence of advanced treatment processes on the surface properties of polylactic acid for a bio-based circular economy for plastics

08/07/2021

Macro and Micro Routes to High Performance Bioplastics: Bioplastic Biodegradability and Mechanical and Barrier Properties

01/07/2021

Clean the beach action!

29/06/2021

BioICEP Consortium Meeting

28/06/2021

State Key Laboratory of Microbiology Technology 2021

28/06/2021

Polyhydroxyalkanoate/Antifungal Polyene Formulations with Monomeric Hydroxyalkanoic Acids for Improved Antifungal Efficiency

28/05/2021

Progressing Plastics Circularity: A Review of Mechano-Biocatalytic Approaches for Waste Plastic (Re)valorization

30/04/2021

Antimicrobial Active Bioplastics Using Triangular Silver Nanoplate Integrated Polycaprolactone and Polylactic Acid Films

28/04/2021

HORIZON EUROPE. Success Stories from Horizon 2020

29/03/2021

BioICEP is on the networks!!! Please join us.

15/03/2021

BIOICEP 1 year

10/03/2021

Synthesis and characterization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) precursors and potential degradation products: Toxicity study and application in discovery of novel PETases

22/02/2021

Newsletter 2 (December 2020)

21/12/2020

BioICEP was presented successfully on the 1st International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences in 2020 (ECCS 2020, 10–30 November 2020).

14/12/2020

Microbial Degradation and Valorization of Plastic Wastes, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11.

11/12/2020

Mixta tenebrionis sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the plastic-eating mealworm Tenebrio molitor

08/12/2020

Production of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and Factors Impacting Its Chemical andMechanical Characteristics

04/12/2020

Understanding bioplastic materials - current state and trends

04/12/2020

BioICEP was presented at European Researcher's Night 2020 is annual event supported by EC

27/11/2020

Marija Mojicevic (@MarijaMojicevic) from AIT, won the Presentation Prize at the the FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 2020, sponsored by the FEMS journals.

13/11/2020

AIMPLAS and Cicloplast organize the V edition of their conference ‘Plastics and circular economy’ with an innovative 3D virtual reality format

12/11/2020

Discovery and Biochemical Characterization of a Novel Polyesterase for the Degradation of Synthetic Plastics.

09/11/2020

Our friend Jasmina presented BioICEP at FEMS Conference.

28/10/2020

BIOICEP Posters

19/10/2020

Newsletter 1 (October 2020)

16/10/2020

Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, from Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Genetics and Ecology Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering; the University of Belgrade will present BioICEP at FEMS ONLINE CONFERENCE ON MICROBIOLOGY 2020

13/10/2020

Marija Mojicevic, from  ATHLONE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, will present BioICEP at FEMS ONLINE CONFERENCE ON MICROBIOLOGY 2020 

13/10/2020

Our project published in FuturEnviro.

17/09/2020

BioICEP Consortium Meeting

16/09/2020

BioICEP was present at the MIX-UP Six Month Meeting. The main idea of MIX-UP (MIXed plastics biodegradation and UPcycling using microbial communities) is to showcase a novel approach to the circularity of the plastic life cycle and therefore addresses

09/09/2020

BioICEP at National Newspaper Jornal de Negócios

28/08/2020

1st International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences

30/07/2020

New Plastic Recycling Technologies

19/06/2020

Presidents Report March

27/05/2020

AIT future jobs and skills event to prepare Midlands for the transition to circular economy _ Athlone Institute of Technology

02/04/2020

Engineers Journal Athlone Institute of Technology leads global effort to tackle plastic pollution and develop next-generation materials

02/03/2020

Dr. Jasmina Nikodinovic in the conference "From plastic waste to bioplastics with the help of microorganisms"

10/02/2020

Dr. Margaret Brennan Fournet of the Materials Research Institute at Athlone interview

23/01/2020

Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran Supports Launch of AIT Recycling Initiative

05/05/1920

BioICEP at InBUSINESS Spring 2020

Dr. Jasmina Nikodinovic interview

NEWS

Biocatalysis for the Biological Transformation of Polymer Science conference

  • 17/06/2022

Our partners Dr Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic and Dr Maria Reis are invited to present their research at Biocatalysis for the Biological Transformation of Polymer Science conference organised by EFB ...

Our friends from NTUA attend the Polymers 2022 - New Trends in Polymers Science: Health of the Planet, Health of the People conference

  • 27/05/2022

Our partners from NTUA attended this year's "Polymers 2022 - New Trends in Polymers Science: Health of the Planet, Health of the People" conference in Turin, Italy on May 25–2...





      

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870292.

Beijing Institute of Technology Funding Number: 31961133015
Shandong University Funding Number: 31961133014
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Funding Number: 31961133016