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Project name:

ALFApro 2.0

Status: Not Approved
Creation date: 21-06-2017

Project objectives:

The future trend of white biotechnology is the identification of renewable resources to produce goods, traditionally obtained from petrol. Shifting society’s dependence away from petroleum to renewable biomass resources is generally viewed as an important contribute to the development of a sustainable industrial society and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Among the available resources that are exploitable for biofuel and bioplastic production, there are the residues coming from different human activities such as agriculture, food processing-industry, forestry, green and organic fractions of urban wastes. In addition, the energy demand is rising, the availability of fuels is decreasing and the bioplastic application is becoming a best practice applicable in various industrial contexts.

Lignocellulosic biomass is a potential answer to the problem because contains a lot of energy in the form of sugars, and the methods to process this material are available to produce biofuel and bioplastic. Furthermore, lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant renewable resource in the world. It is regarded as a promising starting material for biofuel and bioplastic production, because it is inexpensive, renewable and has favorable environmental properties. However, it must be cost effective and have the highest yield for industrial applications. Bioplastics derived from renewable polymers such as sugars, starches and lignocellulose, have attracted significant interest from companies looking to reduce their environmental footprint. New production capacity and improved materials have resulted in their increasing adoption for mainstream consumer products packaging. Nevertheless, there are obstacles to overcome and methods to optimize in order to generate biological high value products.

The ALFApro 2.0 project aims to enhance the alfalfa value chain employing, for the first time, the alfalfa lignocellulosic residues following two different processes to generate biofuel and to produce bioplastic.

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