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Paludi-Produkt – Biobased plastic products from paludiculture
In cooperation with regional stakeholders, the Paludi-Produkt project is investigating the possibility of incorporating natural fibres from peatland plants into the production of natural fibre enforced (bio)plastics. Based on knowledge about the plants, questions about their suitability in terms of processing them into products that are as sustainable as possible are being investigated. Is it possible to produce biobased, compostable films from cattails or reeds? Can fibres from sedges serve as a basis for bio-based plastic mouldings? How sustainable and environmentally harmful will these products be? What possibilities are offered by the special physicochemical properties of peatland plants? In which areas of society are petroleum-based plastics really without alternative, and what do the most sustainable concepts for this look like?
Project goals
The overall aims of the joint project "Paludi-Produkt" are:
- the development of the raw material source "natural fibres from paludiculture" for bioplastics production, and
- to test the feasibility of two value chains with natural fibres from paludiculture in the field of bioplastics.
The project comprises four basic work objectives: 1.) Analysis of the biomass from paludiculture on a chemical and physical level, 2.) Development of a specially adapted plastic compound recipe, 3.) Transfer of the compound recipe to large-scale plants, 4.) Assessment of the CO2 footprint of the product prototypes.
Facts
Duration: 01.10.2022 until 30.09.2025
Network partner
Thematic areas of paludiculture, renewable raw materials and life cycle analysis
University of Greifswald
Chair for Landscape Economics
Partner at the Greifswald Mire Centre
Thematic area formula development of plastic compounds
Institute for Polymer and Production Technologies e.V., Wismar
GERMAAT Polymer GmbH, Schwerin
Thematic area prototype production and industry competence
SAZ - Schweriner Aus- und Weiterbildungszentrum e.V., Schwerin
Project management and coordination at the University of Greifswald
Prof. Dr. Volker Beckmann
University of Greifswald
Chair of Landscape Economics
Soldmannstraße 15
17489 Greifswald
Phone: +49 3834 420 4122
Fax: +49 3834 420 4107
E-Mail: volker.beckmann@uni-greifswald.de
More information: https://rsf.uni-greifswald.de/lehrstuehle/wiwi/avwl/lehrstuhl-beckmann/forschung/paludi-produkt/
