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project info
Start date: 14 September 2020
End date: 13 December 2021
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 34 782,65 €
EU contribution: 27 826,12 € (80%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: Finansų ministerija
beneficiary

Biodegradable Plastic Composite Prototype — Formula Development (using Reinforced Cannabis Cellulose) for Packaging 3D Printing Technology

In more than 50 years, global plastic production and consumption has increased 20 times: from 15 million tonnes in 1964 to 311 million tonnes in 2018. The latter is expected to double over the next 20 years. Around 25.8 million plastic litter is generated in Europe each year, with only 30 % collected or sorted. All other plastics accumulate in nature, without breaking down and harming health. As much as 85 % of the pollution of water bodies is plastic. Thus, the damage to plastic already significantly outweighs the benefits that this material brings to society. Special attention is paid to single-use packaging when it comes to plastic waste pollution. In order to reduce pollution, it is necessary to look at ways to produce durable packaging that is reusable but easily degradable in waste, which can serve several cycles, but to select a biodegradable material that can decompose completely in environmental conditions in the short term. Since biodegradable polymers descend their mechanical and barrier properties to conventional polymers, in order to improve the properties of already produced biopolymers and the development of new materials, the discovery of biopolymer substances are carried out with each other, the introduction of non-biodegradable components or biodegradable fillers into the polymer matrix._x000D_Innovative formulations of packaging material (combining biodegradable plastics and easily regenerative fillers selected in the course of research) would allow the market to offer an innovative solution — biopolymer material suitable for the production of non-standard reusable packaging (both casting, and 3D printing technologies) when the performance of the material in the process of operation of the biodegradable material (during the operation of the biodegradable cycle and the performance of the material) would be possible.

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