Petrochemicals
Oil refineries
Fossil fuel
SMARTBOX aims to make biorefineries more cost-competitive and environmentally sustainable by using the synergy between a catalytic fractionation technique and bio-enzymes that together can turn wood as biomass into renewable monomers for plastics, such as bio-aromatics. These added-value building blocks can be introduced into new bio-based products which offer a sustainable alternative to virgin plastics.
Together with our partners in public-private research of SMARTBOX, B4Plastics uses bio-aromatics as local bio-based building blocks to design new specialty polymers. With these unique monomers, we aim to develop locally and renewably resourced products with new ecological features for a more sustainable plastics future and a greener world.
Industry
AVA Biochem, B4Plastics, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Borregaard, Covestro, Quantis
Research facilities
KU Leuven, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Università di Pavia, Zymvol, ITQB
Raw material production
Manufacture
and use
Disposal
Raw Material
Monomer production
Polymer production
Plastic conversion
Production of plastic products
Use
Collection/ sorting and recycling
End of life
This project has received funding from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 837890.