Skip to main content
Level International
Plastic types Nanoplastics Mixed Plastics
Funding source European Union INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced materials
Project cost 16.163.107,50 EUR
Period April 2020 - March 2024
Geographical area Europe
Categories Environment and Climate Change Climate Change Green and Circular Economy Ecosystems and Biodiversity Consumer Products
Tags Packaging electronics waste pollution ecosystems innovation
Project partners
  • Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis - Greece,
  • AMCOR - Flexibles Kreuzlingen AG - Switzerland,
  • Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites - France,
  • Laboratorio Iberico Internacional De Nanotecnologia Lin - Portugal,
  • Centro Ricerche Fiat SCPA - Italy,
  • Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH - Austria,
  • Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH - Germany,
  • Gemifo Gesellschaft fur Mittelstandsforderung mbH - Germany,
  • Organic Electronic Technologies Private Company - Greece,
  • Sonnenberg Harrison Partners - France,
  • BL Nanobiomed - Greece,
  • Elliniko Somateio Gia Ia Organika Kai Eetipomena Ilektronika - Greece,
  • I3 Membrane GmbH - Germany,
  • Procter&Gamble Service GmbH - Germany,
  • MC Shared Services SA - Portugal,
  • Capri Sun GmbH - Germany,
  • Hueck Folien Gesellschaft m.b.H. - Austria,
  • AMIRES, The Business Innovation Management Institute, z.ú. - Czechia,
  • KETMarket GmbH - Germany
Description

Today, a wide range of products, including packaging, consumer electronic devices and even car windows, use plastic and paper-based flexible materials and films based on nano-enabled functionalisation of the surfaces. The sector is facing a major challenge consisting of overcoming plastic waste pollution by following the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy and adopting digitalisation and products ready to be integrated into smart frameworks. The EU-funded FlexFunction2Sustain project is the first European initiative aiming to support the industry with a sustainable open innovation ecosystem that will enhance innovation for nano-functionalised flexible plastic and paper surfaces and films. The services will be offered to EU SMEs through an independent single entry point legal institution.

Want to analyze based on this project via our analysis tool? Analyze this project

Knowledge Gaps

Environmental fate and behavior of plastic

Environmental exposure

Uptake routes

Characterization test methods

Degradation

Bioavailability exposure test methods

Environmental risk assessment (ERA)

Human and environmental effects and toxicity test methods

Characteristics of plastic-general

Testing considerations-general

Environmental effects and ecotoxicity

Image