What is GREEN-LOOP?
GREEN-LOOP aims at enhancing and supporting the bioeconomy at European level through robust product design adapted to new sustainable and circular schemes, reducing the cost of manufacture and accelerating the market introduction of novel bio-based products.
The innovation potential focus on the techniques required to deliver GREEN-LOOP’s vision that include the retrofit of conventional manufacture systems to adapt new bio-based production, electrification of manufacturing systems (microwaves and ultrasound), advanced control with monitoring, artificial intelligence and sustainable designs of final products.
GREEN-LOOP will cover the whole value chain: biomass sourcing, conversion and pre-treatment, disruptive and enhanced bio-based production at industrialization system up to TRL6, end-user testing and finally, next use activities (recycle, refurbish and reuse).
GREEN-LOOP integrates different disciplines (engineering, chemistry, biology, material science, physics, data science, social science) and involves 16 partners as SMEs, Research Centres, Universities, Associations, and industry. GREEN-LOOP partners’ interdisciplinary methodology will be leveraged to get diverse stakeholder workshops, create replicable results and obtain feedback from representative sectors such as food/beverage, construction, packaging, and manufacture in general.

Three innovative bio-based materials and components for industrial sectors are being designed and optimized, with processes referring to:
- Multifunctional fire-retardant and vibrational panels for Building and Construction from BIO-RUBBER
- Bottle closures for Packaging, Food and Beverage from BIO-PLASTIC
- Sliding bearings for Appliance and Tooling from WOOD COMPOSITES
GREEN-LOOP disrupt the manufacturing of these materials in different ways: Green and Smart manufacture, Value Chain Platform, Skilled workforce building plan, Innovative characterisation, standardization, and quality controls.