Inovação para a Agricultura
KaRMA2020
- Entidade líder do projeto: CIDETEC - Technology Centre
- Responsável pelo projeto: CIDETEC - Technology Centre
- Site do projeto: http://www.karma2020.eu/karma2020-the-project/
- Parceiros:
VTT - internationally networked R&D centre; CTB - Belgian Textile and Plastics Competence Centre; Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres (IBWCh); CNRS – University of Nice Sophia Antipolis; FKUR – Fkur Kunststoff Gmbh; VTG – Vertech Group; DLABS – Daren Laboratories & Scientific Consultants LTD.; SADA – Grupo Sada P.A. S.A; SP – Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut; AIM – Aimplas; AVT – Avantiumsioen – Sioen Industries NV; FTIB – Fertiberia; CTECH – Ciaotech SRL, Pno Innovation B.V.; Processum Sweden
- Breve descrição:
Poultry industry generates huge amounts of waste each year. Only in the European Union 13.1 million tons of poultry meat are produced for year, with an estimated generation of 3.1 million tons of feather waste. Due to the raise in poultry meat consumption in the EU countries, this amount is expected to increase in the following years.
In Europe, the majority of the poultry feather waste is disposed in landfills, incinerated, or a minor part converted into low nutritional value animal food, becoming a problematic for the future. At present, the conversion and the use of the feathers as raw material in industrial applications are still very limited. Therefore, the development of industrial conversion methods and exploitation strategies for poultry feathers will not only increase the value of feathers as raw material but also reduce environment impact and health hazards associated to landfill. In this context KaRMA2020 Project aims to the industrial manufacture and the exploitation of such underutilized feather waste for the production of valuable raw material that will be employed to develop products for cross-sectorial applications, such as hydrolysed keratin, bioplastics, flame retardant coatings, spun bonded non-wovens and thermoset biobased resins.