Development of innovative biotic symbiosis for plastic biodegradation and synthesis to solve their end of life challenges in the agriculture and food industries

Project Information

RECOVER

Grant agreement ID: 887648

DOI 10.3030/887648

Project closed

EC signature date 4 May 2020

Start date 1 June 2020

End date 31 May 2024

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 5 767 400,72

EU contribution € 4 399 362,59

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA
Spain

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website

Website giving access to the public to the project related news goals etc

Documents, reports (3)

Communication Plan

Written report including detailed communication intention and strategy

Industry, stakeholders and policy guidelines regarding RECOVER waste management

Report on how to optimally manage RECOVER waste based on the analysis of the current waste management landscapes, results of EoL tests and LCA, annexing policy recommendations and position papers.

Report on RECOVER value chain

Results of the survey of value chains where RECOVER results could apply

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (10)

The Effects of Agricultural Plastic Waste on the Vermicompost Process and HealthStatus of Eisenia fetida

Author(s): José A. Sáez , Angie M. Pedraza Torres , Zbigniew Emil Blesa Marco, Francisco Javier Andreu-Rodríguez, Frutos C. Marhuenda-Egea, Encarnación Martínez-Sabater, María J. López, Francisca Suarez-Estrella, Raúl Moral
Published in: Agronomy, Issue 12(10), 2022, Page(s) 2547, ISSN 2073-4395
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12102547

Effect of Abiotic Treatments on Agricultural Plastic Waste: Efficiency of the Degradation Processes

Author(s): Zbigniew Emil Blesa Marco; José Antonio Sáez; Francisco Javier Andreu-Rodríguez; Rosa Penalver; Manuel Rodríguez; Kristina Eissenberger; Patrizia Cinelli; María Ángeles Bustamante; Raúl Moral
Published in: Polymers, Vol 16, Iss 3, p 359 (2024), Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym16030359

Innovative Biotic Symbiosis for Plastic Biodegradation to Solve their End-of-Life Challenges in the Agriculture and Food Industries

Author(s): Patrizia , Barbani, Niccoletta Barbani, Sara Filippi, Giovanna Strangis, Marco Sandroni, Antonio Pratelli, Maria J Lopez, Pablo Barranco, Tomas Cabello, Patricia Castillo, Marie Aline Pierrard, Maurizia Seggiani
Published in: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 18, 2023, Page(s) 1276-1282, ISSN 1790-5079
Publisher: WSEAS Press
DOI: 10.37394/232015.2022.18.120

Enrichment of native plastic‐associated biofilm communities to enhance polyester degrading activity

Author(s): Sophie A. Howard; Clodagh M. Carr; Habteab Isaack Sbahtu; Uchechukwu Onwukwe; Maria J. López; Alan D. W. Dobson; Ronan R. McCarthy
Published in: Environmental Microbiology, Issue 25(12), 2023, Page(s) 2698–2718, ISSN 1462-2920
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16466

Development of plastic-degrading microbial consortia by induced selection in microcosms

Author(s): Salinas, J., Carpena, V., Martínez-Gallardo, M. R., Segado, M., Estrella-González, M. J., Toribio, A. J., Jurado, M., López-González, J.A., Suárez-Estrella, F., López, M. J.
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, Page(s) 14, 1143769, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1143769

Enhancing earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) tolerance to plastic contamination through gut microbiome fortification with plastic-degrading microorganisms

Author(s): Victor Carpena-Istan, Macarena M. Jurado, Maria J. Estrella-Gonzalez, Jesus Salinas, Maria R. Martinez-Gallardo, Ana J. Toribio, Juan A. Lopez-Gonzalez, Francisca Suarez-Estrella, Jose A. Saez, Raul Moral, Maria J. Lopez
Published in: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Issue 463, 2024, Page(s) 132836, ISSN 0304-3894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132836

Effect of Agrcultural Microplastic and Mesoplastic in the vermicomposting process:Response of Eisenia fétida and quality of the vermicomosting obtained

Author(s): Z.E. Blesa Marco, J.A. Sáez, A.M. Pedraza Torres, E. Martínez, Sabater, L. Orden, F.J. Andreu-Rodríguez, M.A. Bustamante, F.C. Marhuenda-Egea, M.J. López, F. Suárez-Estrella, R. Moral
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 333, 2023, Page(s) 122027, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122027

Modulating biofilm can potentiate activity of novel plastic-degrading enzymes

Author(s): Sophie A. Howard; Ronan R. McCarthy
Published in: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, Issue 12, 2023, Page(s) Pp 1-10, ISSN 2055-5008
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41522-023-00440-1

Agricultural Plastic Waste Management

Author(s): Antonio Pratelli, Patrizia Cinelli, Maurizia Seggiani, Giovanna Strangis, Massimiliano Petri
Published in: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 18, 2023, Page(s) 1312-1319, ISSN 1790-5079
Publisher: WSEAS Press
DOI: 10.37394/232015.2022.18.124

Thermogravimetry coupled with mass spectrometry successfully used to quantify polyethylene and polystyrene microplastics in organic amendments

Author(s): Alba Martín de la Fuente, Frutos C. Marhuenda-Egea, Margarita Ros, Jose A. Pascual, Jose A. Saez-Tovar, Encarnación Martinez-Sabater, Rosa Peñalver
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 213, 2024, Page(s) 113583, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113583

Conference proceedings (4)

Characterization and treatment of non-recyclable plastics fraction in municipal solid waste streams: biotechnological approach to address the low plastic recycling share

Author(s): Maria J. Lopez, Marie-Aline Pierrard, Raul Moral, Javier Andreu-Rodríguez, Pablo Barranco, Tomas Cabello, Victor Olmos, Nicola Palombo Blascetta, Niccoletta Barbani, Raffaele Turri, Patrizia Cinelli
Published in: Proceedings of EUBCE 2022 – 30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Issue Yearly, 2022, Page(s) 90-103, ISBN 978-88-89407-22-6
Publisher: EUBCE 2022 – 30th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
DOI: 10.5071/30theubce2022-1co.4.2

Chitin and Nanochitin valorization by electrosprayng on cellulose tissues for Skin content application

Author(s): Patrizia Cinelli, Zavagna L., Azimi B., Ricci C., Seggiani M. and Danti S.
Published in: International Conference on Material Science and Nanotechnology-ICMN, 2022
Publisher: StatNano.com

Innovative biotic symbiosis for plastic biodegradation to solve their end-of-life challenges in the agriculture and food industries

Author(s): PATRIZIA CINELLI, NICCOLETTA BARBANI, SARA FILIPPI, GIOVANNA STRANGIS, MARCO SANDRONI, ANTONIO PRATELLI, MARIA J LOPEZ, PABLO BARRANCO, TOMAS CABELLO, PATRICIA CASTILLO, MARIE ALINE PIERRARD, MAURIZIA SEGGIANI
Published in: Encema 2022, 2022
Publisher: Encema

Potential application of electrospinning/electrospray in development of chitin and chitosan-based products

Author(s): Azimi, B, Danti, S., Cinelli, P.
Published in: European summit of industrial biotechnology (ESIB 2022), 2022
Publisher: Esib