A new project called ANIPH (Avoiding the Negative Impacts produced by Plastic materials in Humanitarian contexts) aims to redefine the role of plastics in humanitarian contexts and address environmental challenges through the introduction of bio-plastic and biodegradable plastic products (BBpPs). The project focuses on safety, sustainability and the circular economy.<\/p>\n
Plastic pollution<\/strong> represents a critical problem, especially for single-use healthcare products and waste packaging, in humanitarian contexts such as armed conflicts and natural disasters. ANIPH aims to address this problem by using polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)<\/strong>, a family of biodegradable biopolymers. PHAs are known for their biocompatibility and ability to completely degrade in a variety of environments, including soil, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n The aim of the ANIPH project is to create new PHA value chain<\/strong>, which will enable the production of advanced wound dressings and recyclable packaging with a water barrier. These products will have programmed biodegradability<\/strong> at every stage of their life cycle. The project uses artificial intelligence<\/strong> for predicting biodegradability, assessing ecotoxicity and optimizing material properties, while a digital tracking tool ensures secure tracking of materials throughout the value chain.<\/p>\n ANIPH focuses on the use of renewable raw materials<\/strong> and reducing industrial waste through innovative manufacturing processes, such as 3D printing of wound dressings. The project also emphasizes end-of-life solutions, including mono-material designs<\/strong> for packaging that allows for recycling and safe biodegradation. The project is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 43% for packaging and 68% for wound dressings, and to recycle 1,475 kilotonnes of biomass. In addition, the use of 12.93 kilotonnes of hazardous substances will be avoided.<\/p>\n In addition to environmental benefits, ANIPH contributes to development of new standards and certification schemes<\/strong>to ensure the safe and sustainable deployment of BBpPs. The project will also provide capacity resources<\/strong> on the use and disposal of bioplastics, increasing public trust and understanding. Over the next four years, eight European partners, coordinated by CETEC, will combine their scientific expertise and knowledge to deliver lasting environmental, economic and social benefits. Spring<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new project called ANIPH (Avoiding the Negative Impacts produced by Plastic materials in Humanitarian contexts) aims to redefine the role of plastics in humanitarian contexts and address environmental challenges through the introduction of bio-plastic and biodegradable plastic products (BBpPs). The project focuses on safety, sustainability and the circular economy. Plastic pollution is a critical issue, especially with single-use [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}