European Commission launches €7.8 million Research and Innovation project on upcycling bio plastics of food and drinks packaging
3 min readDec 16, 2020
The €7.8 million project ‘upPE-T’ will champion the upcycling of food and drink packaging PE & PET post-consumer wastes to obtain high value products that will be used in the production of biodegradable & recyclable bioplastics (PHBVs) for food & drink packaging manufacturing.
The upPE-T project will contribute to upcycling up to 60% of food and drink packaging plastic waste by 2030 and develop a viable roadmap to…
