Research and development at European level
– driver for an innovative and dynamic industry
The biopolymer and bioplastics industry is a key driver of innovation in the bid to transform Europe‘s economy into a more sustainable, circular, and resource-efficient bioeconomy. Public and private schemes are funding the research and development efforts that are necessary to enhance our knowledge of tomorrow‘s sustainable solutions, improve our ability to produce more efficiently and consume more sustainably, and enable us to effect tangible change.
Cooperation as the key to success
In Europe, between 2007 and 2020, more than 130 projects of public or joint public and private research projects have been performed in the area of bioplastics in different EU programs, such as Horizon 2020 (H2020), BioBased Industries Joint-Undertaking (BBI-JU) or EU-LIFE.
Industrial participation in these projects amounting to almost 134 million Euro underlines this success and the unique bundling of public and private research in the field of the biobased economy in Europe.
The investigated topics cover the complete life cycle of biobased and biodegradable plastics, such as material and application development, recycling, circularity, and supplementary research on sustainability and communication.
The succeeding research frameworks Horizon Europe (including European Innovation Council EIC) and Circular Biobased Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) are set up even to even expand this success story.
We are committed to research…
European Bioplastics (EUBP) is committed to supporting research and innovation efforts and currently serves on the Advisory Boards of several on-going EU and national research projects. As an association, we also encourage our member organisations to join in on selected programmes that are pushing innovation in fields that are related to their business or research focus and provide opportunities for the commercialisation of research outcomes. Our current project activities in H2020 and BBI-JU include:

PRESERVE
PRESERVE will develop high performance sustainable biobased packaging and tailor its end of life for upcycled secondary use. European Biopastics’ focus is on leading communication and dissemination and monitoring and advancing of existing standards.Status | Active |
Homepage | https://www.preserve-h2020.eu/ |
Budget | Nearly 8 million Euro |
Duration | January 2021 – December 2024 (4 years) |
Project title | High performance sustainable biobased packaging with tailored end of life and upcycled secondary use |
Coordinator | IRIS (Spain) |
Consortium | 26 partners from 10 countries |
Grant Agreement | 952983 |
Funding body | Horizon 2020 |

Status | Active |
Homepage | https://www.biomac-oitb.eu/ |
Budget | 16.7 million Euro |
Duration | January 2021 – December 2024 (4 years) |
Project title | European Sustainable BIObased nanoMAterials Community |
Coordinator | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) |
Consortium | 34 partners from 12 countries |
Grant Agreement | 952941 |
Funding body | Horizon 2020 |

Status | Active |
Homepage | https://biosuppack.eu/ |
Budget | 8.8 million Euro |
Duration | June 2021 – November 2024 (3.5 years) |
Project title | Demonstrative process for the production and enzymatic recycling of environmentally safe, superior and versatile PHA-based rigid packaging solutions by plasma integration in the value chain |
Coordinator | AIMPLAS (Spain) |
Consortium | 17 partners from 8 countries |
Grant Agreement | 101023685 |
Funding body | Horizon 2020, BBI-JU |

Status | Active |
Homepage | https://biontop.eu/ |
Budget | 5.4 million Euro |
Duration | June 2019 – May 2023 (4 years) |
Project title | Novel packaging films and textiles with tailored end of life and performance based on biobased copolymers and coatings |
Coordinator | AIMPLAS (Spain) |
Consortium | 17 partners from 8 countries |
Grant Agreement | 837761 |
Funding body | Horizon 2020, BBI-JU |
… and we also provide a platform for your projects!
Are you part of a research network, or would you like to present your project at our annual conference? In order to strengthen the link between academia and industry, at our annual European Bioplastics Conference we regularly offer an opportunity for research projects to present their findings to a highly targeted and relevant audience, and we disseminate project-based bioplastic innovation achievements across our network on a regular basis.
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Do you have an innovative idea?
European Bioplastics is proud to be part of an international network to successfully address the global and EU-wide challenges related to more sustainable polymer materials and to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals together with our partners. If you would like to find out more about our project-based activities, or if you would like to partner up with European Bioplastics or its members in research project initiatives, do not hesitate to contact us or complete and return this form.