Deadline: 22-Sep-22
The European Commission (EC) is pleased to announce a funding call for the Co-processing of Mixed Bio-based Waste Streams.
The CBE JU scope includes a variety of bio-based waste and side streams from different sectors: residual streams from agriculture and horticulture, forestry, horticulture and from aquatic biomass cultivation, processing, and from fisheries; food and feed waste (from the food and feed production/processing); bio-waste other than food waste from production processes, e.g. textiles, wood, pulp and paper, etc., including post-consumer waste; sewage and wastewater sludge; used cooking oil; construction and demolition waste that include wood-based component, residues and by-products from the bio-based industry. These streams may contain impurities as well as polymers and mineral components (also naturally occurring in bio-based feedstock).
Details
Proposals under this topic should:
- Valorise effectively and sustainably existing mixed residual and/or waste streams from bio-based products and processes from all relevant sectors and processing steps. The focus of this topic is on bio-based feedstock streams that are generated as heterogeneous mixtures, and on bio-based feedstock streams that contain non bio-based impurities (e.g. plastics, minerals, metals – excluding toxic or harmful substances) that hinder their valorisation using currently available technologies. The topic excludes homogeneous side streams from primary production (e.g. agri- or forest biomass residues) and mixed municipal solid waste. The topic also excludes conversion of contaminated biomass (e.g. from bioremediation). The proposal should develop innovative technologies for recycling and upcycling of secondary bio-based feedstock, residues, and bio-based products’ waste, including sorting, separation, pre-treatment and upgrading technologies. Physical, chemical and biotechnologies are in scope.
- Set up and implement innovative and environmentally sustainable processing technologies and apply the cascading approach, when applicable, for example producing high-value bio-based products in the scope of CBE JU, recycling nutrients for agriculture and horticulture use, etc.
- Valorise the polymer and mineral component of bio-based waste streams, waste from bio-based products and processes (e.g., N- P- components in sewage sludge) into products in the scope of CBE JU.
- Demonstrate an integrated processing plant for mixtures of bio-based residues, bio-waste, waste from bio-based products and processes, while implementing symbiotic processes across different industrial operations.
- Apply and/or adapt existing/mature or novel digital technologies, provided that they are instrumental to achieving the project’s outcomes and scope, especially to ensure high standards of resource efficiency and environmental protection. Applications of digital technologies that should be considered in the scope are among the following areas.
- Disseminate the outputs and learning outcomes from the project in order to increase the public awareness, and awareness of relevant industry actors, of potential benefits of bio-based solutions.
- Propose recommendations on opportunities/challenges to be addressed to targeted stakeholders, including, where possible, national/regional stakeholders, investors and brand owners.
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Outcomes
Project results should contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Increased processing shares of bio-waste, and waste from bio-based products and processes, as well as their higher priority uses in the waste hierarchy.
- Expanded opportunities for the valorisation of bio-waste in all stages and across all sectors – from bio-based industries to municipal bio-waste – exploiting chances of industrial symbiosis.
- Public awareness and acceptance of bio-based solutions.
- Support market uptake growth and acceptance of scalable bio-based solutions.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
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eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- low- and middle-income countries.
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