Bio-based circular materials. Innovative packaging and construction products

• Main Authors: Antonella Violano, Monica Cannaviello, Salvatore Del Prete
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palermo University Press 2021-06-01
• Series: Agathón
• Subjects: circular economy; energy transition; bioplastics; bio-based material; grown material
• Online Access: https://www.agathon.it/agathon/article/view/250

The European Green Deal and the European Climate Law of the European Parliament are the socio-political context in which the construction industry has to engage in order to reduce upfront carbon. This focus puts the role of building materials in a new perspective. By focusing on the development of innovative solutions that specifically address biotic and bio-based materials, the Cradle-to-Cradle approach values biobased materials and gives them a key role in the transition to the circular economy. The paper presents an innovative material, the complex outcome of two different research projects conducted by the ZEBtwdZEEB Group of the ‘L. Vanvitelli’ University of Campania in collaboration with the innovative start-up Service Biotech Srl, winner of the BioInItaly Investment Forum 2021 & Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative for the Circular Bioeconomy sector.