Overview

RECOVER is a high impact project for the improvement of the bio economy in Europe, making the circular economy concept reality, providing new solution for End Of Life plastics. The expected results are: Develop a range of biotech tools with capabilities for degrading plastics wastes from agriculture and food packaging. Validate the use of the resulting biotech solutions for the bioremediation of soil and organic matrices contaminated with plastic and for the biotransformation of plastics into added value products. Progress in the use of the by products from the process (chitin, chitosan and organic leftovers) for the production of agricultural and packaging items and bio fertilizers. Assess at each process step, the environmental impacts and economic feasibility in comparison with existing benchmarks. Provide recommendations for suitable business approaches for the new process and resulting added value products from an integrated bio-based value chain perspective.