Circular solutions for the textile industry

Project Information

Glaukos

Grant agreement ID: 887711

DOI 10.3030/887711

Project closed

EC signature date 16 April 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 € 4 997 167,50

EU contribution € 4 185 880,00

Coordinated by

BIO BASE EUROPE PILOT PLANT VZW
Belgium

Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

Report on Stakeholder Labs set-up/operation 2

Report on Stakeholder Labs setupoperation

Project-validated protocol for microplastic biodegradation of textiles in marine conditions
Methodological guidelines for the assessment of Glaukos
Standardized methods
Report on Stakeholder Labs set-up/operation 3

Report on Stakeholder Labs set-up/operation

Project-validated circularity methods and tools
Report on Stakeholder Labs set-up/operation 1

Report on Stakeholder Labs setupoperation

Report on market studies

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

Clothing protyotype
Fishing gear prototype

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website and communication toolkit

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Evaluating the alterations of the estrogen-responsive genes in Cyprinodonvariegatus larvae for biomonitoring the impacts of estrogenic endocrinedisruptors (EEDs)

Author(s): Sandra Isabel Moreno Abril, Ana Olmos Pin, Alexandre M. Schonemann, Marina Bellot, Cristian Gómez-Canela, Ricardo Beiras
Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, Issue 2023, vol.97, 104042, 2023, Page(s) 2023, vol.97, 104042, ISSN 1382-6689
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2022.104042

An Optimized Ustilago maydis for Itaconic Acid Production at Maximal Theoretical Yield

Author(s): Becker, J., H. Hosseinpour Tehrani, P. Ernst, L.M. Blank, N. Wierckx
Published in: Journal of Fungi, 2021, ISSN 2309-608X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof7010020

Is a compostable plastic biodegradable in the sea? A rapid standard protocol to test mineralization in marine conditions

Author(s): Sara López-Ibáñez, Ricardo Beiras
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 2022, vol.831, 154860, 2022, Page(s) 154860, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154860

Holistic Approach to Process Design and Scale-Up for Itaconic Acid Production from Crude Substrates

Author(s): Saur, K.M., R. Kiefel, P.-J. Niehoff, J. Hofstede, P. Ernst, J. Brockkötter, J. Gätgens, J. Viell, S. Noack, N. Wierckx, J. Büchs, A. Jupke
Published in: Bioengineering, 2023, ISSN 2306-5354
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10060723

The metabolic potential of plastics as biotechnological carbon sources – Review and targets for the future

Author(s): Till Tiso; Benedikt Winter; Ren Wei; Johann Hee; Jan de Witt; Nick Wierckx; Peter Quicker; Uwe T. Bornscheuer; André Bardow; Juan Nogales; Lars M. Blank
Published in: Metabolic engineering 71, 77-98 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.ymben.2021.12.006, Issue 4, 2021, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2021.12.006

A Practical Tool for the Assessment of Polymer Biodegradability in Marine Environments Guides the Development of Truly Biodegradable Plastics

Author(s): Ricardo Beiras; Sara López-Ibáñez
Published in: Volume 15, Issue 3, 2022, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
DOI: 10.3390/polym15040974

Bio-upcycling of even and uneven medium-chain-length diols and dicarboxylates to polyhydroxyalkanoates using engineered Pseudomonas putida

Author(s): Ackermann, Yannic S.; de Witt, Jan; Mezzina, Mariela P.; Schroth, Christoph; Polen, Tino; Nikel, Pablo I.; Wynands, Benedikt; Wierckx, Nick
Published in: Microbial Cell Factories, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024), Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 1475-2859
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-024-02310-7

Surface display as a functional screening platform for detecting enzymes active on PET

Author(s): Sophia A. H. Heyde; Jenny Arnling Bååth; Peter Westh; Morten H. H. Nørholm; Kenneth Jensen
Published in: Heyde , S A H , Arnling Bååth , J , Westh , P , Nørholm , M H H & Jensen , K 2021 , ' Surface display as a functional screening platform for detecting enzymes active on PET ' , Microbial Cell Factories , vol. 20 , 93 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-021-01582-7, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 1475-2859
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01582-7

Balancing pH and Yield: Exploring Itaconic Acid Production in Ustilago cynodontis from an Economic Perspective

Author(s): Ernst, P., K.M. Saur, R. Kiefel, P.-J. Niehoff, R. Weskott, J. Büches, A. Jupke, N. Wierckx
Published in: Biotechnol. Biofuel. Bioprod., 2024, ISSN 2731-3654
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-024-02550-0

Biodegradation of poly(ester-urethane) coatings by Halopseudomonas formosensis

Author(s): De Witt, J. R. Molitor, J. Gätgens, C. Ortmann de Percin Northumberland, L. Kruse, T. Polen, B. Wynands, K. van Goethem, S. Thies, K.-E. Jaeger, N. Wierckx
Published in: Microbial biotechnology, 2024, ISSN 1751-7915
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14362

Marine degradation and ecotoxicity of conventional, recycled and compostable plastic bags

Author(s): López-Ibáñez S, Quade J, Wlodarczyk A, Abad MJ, Beiras R.
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 2024 May 2;351:124096, 2024, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124096

Widespread alterations upon exposure to the estrogenic endocrine disruptor ethinyl estradiol in the liver proteome of the marine male fish Cyprinodon variegatus

Author(s): Alexandre M. Schönemann, Ricardo Beiras, Angel P. Diz
Published in: Aquatic Toxicology, Issue 2022, vol.248, 106189, 2022, ISSN 0166-445X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106189

Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

Author(s): Ellis, L.D., N.A. Rorrer, K.P. Sullivan, M. Otto, J.E. McGeehan, Y. Román-Leshkov, N. Wierckx, G.T. Beckham
Published in: Nature Catalysis, 2021, ISSN 2520-1158
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00648-4

molasses as an alternative feedstock into itaconate production using Ustilago sp

Author(s): Tabea Helm, Paul-Joachim Niehoff, Jochem Gätgens, Thilo Stausberg, Bernadette Pichler, Thomas Häßler, Wolfgang Wiechert, Jochen Büchs, Nick Wierckx, Stephan Noack
Published in: New Biotechnology, 2023, ISSN 1871-6784
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2023.06.003

Characterization and engineering of branched short-chain dicarboxylate metabolism in Pseudomonas reveals resistance to fungal 2-hydroxyparaconate

Author(s): Jan de Witt, Philipp Ernst, Jochem Gätgens, Stephan Noack, Davina Hiller, Benedikt Wynands, Nick Wierckx
Published in: Metabolic Engineering, volume 75, 2023, Page(s) 205-216, ISSN 1096-7176
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2022.12.008

Microbial Degradation of Plastics

Author(s): R. Wei, N. Wierckx
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.635621

Effects of Ethinylestradiol (EE2) and an Organophosphorus Flame Retardant (TCPP) on Gonadal Maturation in the Sea Urchin, Paracentrotus lividus

Author(s): Campoy-López, P.; Pereira-Pinto, E.; Mantilla-Aldana, L.; Beiras, R.
Published in: J. Mar. Sci. Eng. (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering), Issue 2020, 8(8), 611, 2020, Page(s) 611, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jmse8080611

<i>Halopseudomonas</i> species: Cultivation and molecular genetic tools

Author(s): Kruse, Luzie; Loeschcke, Anita; de Witt, Jan; Wierckx, Nick; Jaeger, Karl-Erich; Thies, Stephan
Published in: Microbial biotechnology 17(1), e14369 (2024). doi:10.1111/1751-7915.14369, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 1751-7915
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14369