Acronym CASEAWA
Category
Seafood Processing
Title Advanced Materials using Biogenic Calcium Carbonate from Seashell Wastes Programme International Cooperation
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Giuseppe Falini Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
UNIBO - University of Bologna (Italy)
Institutions involved
NA - Finproject SpA (Italy) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
NA - University of Konstanz (Germany) ,
Start year 2020 End year 2022 Funding (€) € 533,083 Website https://bluebioeconomy.eu/advanced-materials-using-biogenic-calcium-carbonate-from-seashell-wastes/ Summary The project “Advanced Materials using Biogenic Calcium Carbonate from Seashell Wastes” (CASEAWA) aims at producing chemically and physically functionalized biogenic calcium carbonate particles (FbCCP) using fishery industry waste seashells from mussels and oysters (7 Mton/year). FbCCP will be used in polymeric compounds and to obtain nano-apatites, as representatives of application in the industrial world and as biomaterials.
CASEAWA will produce FbCCP that preserve the inorganic/organic composite nature of seashells and will take advantage of the organic matric presence. The latter is absent in geogenic calcium carbonate and cannot be entrapped within the calcium carbonate by synthetic procedures. The organic matrix represents the additional value of the seashells resulting from 3.5 M year evolution to achieve high performing functional properties (e.g. resistance to fracture).
CASEAWA is organized in six work packages (WPs). WP1 regards the handling procedures of waste seashells and their grinding applying by specific grinding aids. The functionalization, blending and characterization of the micro-bCCP will be carried chemically in WP2 by polymeric molecules and physically in WP3 by graphene. WP4 will produce and characterize nano-apatites from nano-FbCCP for regenerative medicine.
WP5 will use FbCCP for the production of strengthened and conductive Levirex® compounds. WP6 will take care of management and dissemination activities of CASEAWA.
CASEAWA consortium includes University of Bologna (WP1-2, 6), University of Konstanz (WP3,5,6), Spanish National Research Council (WP4,6) and Finproject industry (WP5,6). Their cooperation will ensure CASEAWA success covering the value chain of the waste seashells
with a starting TRL2 up to a TRL5.
CASEAWA is a clear example of circular economy, since seashells are a valuable biomaterial; it improves the sustainability of the aquaculture industry and provides secondary economic benefits to shellfish growers and processors.
Keywords
Mollusc;
Bioprospecting;
Wastes;
Bivalve;
Shellfish;
Biomaterial;
Mussel;
Biopolymer;
Waste valorization;
Oyster;
Marine Region
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