Industrial recovery of feather waste for keratin-based sustainable materials
Summary and objectives
The main objective of the KaRMA2020 project is to develop new bio-based products for high impact sectors from poultry feather waste.
This objective will be achieved through the following steps:
- Improvement of feather waste pre-treatment and conditioning processes.
- Optimisation of the isolation of keratin and other feather-based raw materials.
- Validation of new feather-based raw materials for bio-based end products.
Benefits and positive impacts
The project will have a number of relevant benefits and impacts, including:
- Technical impact, through the optimisation of feather processing methods from laboratory to industrial scale.
- Industrial impact, through the manufacture of bio-based raw materials and the production and validation of end products.
- Environmental impact, through the reduction of the negative environmental effect due to feather waste, as well as the substitution of non-renewable primary raw materials by renewable raw materials for industrial production.
- Economic impact, through the promotion of innovative applications and products. Increased value from existing waste.
Participating entities
Project coordinator:
- CIDETEC (Spain)
Other participants
- FERTIBERIA S.A. (Spain)
- GRUPO SADA (Spain)
- TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (Finland)
- SP SVERIGES TEKNISKA FORSKNINGSINSTITUT AB (Sweden)
- CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE & TECHNIQUE DE L'INDUSTRIE TEXTILE BELGE (Belgium)
- AIMPLAS – ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE MATERIALES PLÁSTICOS Y CONEXAS (Spain)
- INSTYTUT BIOPOLIMEROW I WLOKIEN CHEMICZNYCH (Poland)
- SIOEN INDUSTRIES NV (Belgium)
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (France)
- AVANTIUM CHEMICALS BV (Netherlands)
- FKUR KUNSTSTOFF GMBH (Germany)
- VERTECH GROUP SARL (France)
- CIAOTECH Srl (Italy)
- DAREN LABORATORIES & SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS LTD (Israel)
- SP PROCESSUM AKTIEBOLAG (Sweden)
Funding
The KaRMA2020 project (Project 723268) has been funded by the European Union for research and innovation H2020.
This project illustrates how the industrial recovery of waste can generate bio-based products, contributing to the sustainability and competitiveness of industry. To find out more about the biotech projects in which Fertiberia participates, visit our biotechnology page.
