COST ACTION, CEPI MEETINGin Brussels

STRATEGIC ROADMAP REPORT

Brussels, 17/11/2011

1. Introduction:1. Background: COST Action Meeting in Warsaw2. ¿What is a roadmap?

2. Presentation of the Results from the roadmapsessions:1. Key Market Drivers2. Key Applications and solutions3. Required technologies

3. Purpose of today’s workshop

Index

Introduction

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COST ACTION MEETING IN WARSAW

On 26th of September in Warsaw, the working groups of the COST ACTION organized 3 Roadmapping workshops moderated by ITENE.

The 3 roadmaps aimed at:

1. Identifying key technologies, applications and market drivers for the development of

coatings and laminating processes for improving properties (functionalities) of fiber-

based packaging. (17 participants).

2. Identifying opportunities, barriers, trends and needs for the development of new

cellulose based solutions for food and beverage packaging. (7 participants)

3. Identifying technical barriers, new technologies, new solutions, new needs and market

opportunities that will appear to provide nice end of life solutions for new fiber and bio-

based materials. (5 participants)

For each roadmap workshop, 3 different roadmap reports have been made.

In this present meeting, aggregated results of these 3 roadmap sessions will be presented

to the COST Action and CEPI members.

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¿WHAT IS ROADMAP?

Strategic tool that allows to capture and

priorize market trends, generate ideas about

applications and priorize them and define key

technologies to be developped on short,

medium and large

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Time scale: 2012-2014 / 2015-2017/ 2018-2020.

Benefits:Supports strategic planning

Ensures key technologies are ready on timeExplores innovation opportunities

Synthesis of the resultsobtained in the 3 roadmapworkshops.

Integrated results

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1. Main market/legal/social/economical drivers forfiber based packaging

Main market drivers for fiber basedpackaging identified.

1. Increasing production of renewable materials /bioplastics / biofuels and biochemicals in response to decreasing availability of oil and thereby increasing raw material cost starting now 2012 until 2020. This leads to an increasing need for new alternatives of raw materials supply for bioplastics and new packaging materials created from waste sources or from food waste at short and medium term.

2. The current economical context of crisis is indeed a strong market driver that impulses a more sustainable packaging value chain in all aspects. On one side cost optimization of packaging by reducing cost of packaging or packaging materials, or achieving light-weighted packaging. On the other side and linked to the previous market trend, the need to improve existing and/or develop new cost efficient end-of-life processes for these new biomaterials (recycling, collecting, separation and valorization) and to reduce waste by reusing packaging materials.

3. There are strong legislation drivers regarding first, food safety legislation that is getting stronger and second, a EU Directive (Packaging and Packaging Waste) that is enforcing the use of recycled materials in packaging. Furthermore, there will be an increasing introduction of new packaging materials as for instance nanomaterials that drives forward the discussion about health concerns. As a consequence there is a need to clarify reglamentation about fiber based packaging in contact with food and need for testing before launching the product to ensure food safety and health.

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Main market drivers for fiber basedpackaging identified.

4. Environmental awareness of consumers and retailers in combination with EU directives drive the demand for greener packaging and the need to reduce the environmental impact by establishing new eco-efficient packaging (eco-design) and establish the use of carbon footprint analysis as a legitimate tool for measuring sustainability.

5. On the long term view, new technologies and new materials for fiber based packaging will be available to improve fiber based packaging and meet the same (or even better) requirements and functionality than plastic, making them moisture resistant, improving barrier properties, stronger and safer. This will open new market niches to meet a demand for more sustainable packaging taking into consideration new social and demographical trends as ageing population or single households. Furthermore, this will make fiber based packaging also more competitive on a global logistics aspect.

6. Increasing need for (correct) information and communication among the supply chain(producers of packaging and consumers) about green packaging or sustainable markers to facilitate market introduction of these products and ensure the right procedures for production or end of life treatments. On the other side, consumers are demanding more information about the origin of the products and to what packaging has been exposed to before purchase.

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2. Main applications and solutions identified toanswer the priorized market drivers.

Main applications required to answer themarket drivers identified.

1. Standardization of carbon footprint as an environmental evaluation system of packaging at EU Level in order to obtain comparable results.

2. Development of new testing and characterization methods that should be standardized also, to ensure food safety of new materials, recycled and biomaterials packaging.

3. Obtain renewable packaging from recycled materials/ textile waste or food waste in contact with food.

4. Improvement of materials’ properties like barrier properties, moisture resistant, light-weighted, active properties for renewable materials and biopolymer for new applications.

5. Development of biobased packaging solutions as for instance cellulose and starch-based packaging, biodegradable films, bio-coatings or foams for renewable materials.

6. New efficient waste management and end of life solutions for these new materials, focused on improving sorting and collection processes, recycling technologies and in situ recycling infrastructure to reduce transport costs.

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Main applications required to answer themarket drivers identified.

7. Eco-design of packaging and optimization by avoiding overpackaging.

8. Smart paper and board packaging and new devices to provide information as for instance labels, tags or printed electronics solutions.

9. Convenience packaging as self heating or self cooling packaging.

10. Reusable packaging or multiuse packaging.

11. Achievement of new market niches for fiber based plastic through fiber modification like: biobased trays with biobarrier coating for fresh meat or fish applications (2015)thermoformed bioplastics for cheese (2014) hydrophobic biobased secondary packaging or water bottle (2015)edible packaging (2020)fiber based packaging for organic food applications (2012) biopolymer packaging for butter (2015)

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3. Key technologies required to achieve mainapplications.

Key technologies

1. Nanotechnology

2. Coating and dispersion technologies

3. Multicomponent dispersion

4. Fiber and cell wall modification

5. Chemical modification of materials

6. Processing technologies (Coextrusion, optimization of compounding, lamination)

7. RFID and sensors technologies

8. Obtaining of bio-materials from waste (fermentation, sorting technologies etc.)

9. Use of biobased multilayer

10. End – of – life technologies

11. Printing technologies

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SHORT TERM MEDIUM TERM LONG TERMInvestigate the possibility to use textile waste fibers for packagingIdentify new sources of by-products (food agriculture) for use in packagingSeparation, fractionation and (in-situ) modificationPrinting as fabrication tool

Fermentation processes separation processes Utilize natural residues (hemiceulluloses) for barrier props.Sensors or lightweight batery magnetic paper, bioactive paper

Improved coating technologies Transparent paperboard New fibre substrates

Development in the prod & usage of NFC or MFC Chemical / enzymatic surface grafting of time / nanofibreBio-tetrapack new paper / paperboard biopolymer composite

Biobased multilayersOptimization of compounding (nanofillers, mextures, modified fibres, biomass based polymer) before processing fibers sheets Mouldable web-like material

New inexpensive ways to process food waste into segrated feedstocks Use of algae for new biopolymer Thermal sprayUse of modified microfibrilated cellulose in packaging material for barrier properties Foam coatingBiofermentation (PHA, LA, SA etc) Surface graftingBiopolymer dispersion to solutions Chemical modification and reaction with other compound to reduce chains packaging in biopolymersHot embassing Novel multicomponent dispersions (PLA, PHA)Coextrusion of new biopolymer Layer by layer technique nanotechnologies (NFC or MFC)In -situ fibres modification grafting modification Nanotechnology (incl. Cellulose)Spray coating of biopolymer Close loop printed packaging (biodegradable) on paper -> compostableLaminated paper for food contact. Laminated by biodegradable plastics to be organic recovery (Cellulose) fibre modification in the way to enhance fiber properties to improve barrier nanocelulose)Selection of end of life solutions based on sustainability (LCA, LCC, SLCA) Novel routes to biocopolymersDevelopment of bioplastics for food contact to be accepted in anaerobic digestion - organic recovery plants Functionalization processes to obtain new by-products from food waste

Development of ecodesign schemes cross-sectorial agreed at least at EU level (including different production chains) Better desintegration and classification system for the waste recuclingRecyclability and organic recovery testing methods Thin films R2R (plasma, ALD)Eco-efficiency - Ecopoints not only CO2 emissions Improve extraction and purification processes using ecoefficient process

Improved barrier properties by new multilayer approachesNew ways to segregate early + late wood fibres not just lengthCheap and effective end of life solutions for new materials and applications

Agrement (EU) on the selection of tests for useful environmental evaluation

Incorporation of recyclability in the design of the products

Bio-refinery concept for integrating different end of life solutions: fibre recycling, organic valorization, mineral,

European panel - platform for legislation uniformity

Smart solutions (2Dcodes, RFID) for sustainability information

Uniform and cheap test methods (food contact, biodeg susances,…) at EU level

RFID for sorting, safety and quality

Incorporating biosensors in coating lyers for different information: recycling, product quality, environmental impact

New equipments and technologies for biomaterials treatments thinking to material lost and energy consumption

Cell wall modification technologies

Development / exploitation of natural antimicrobialsUse of multilayer systems

Use of nanoparticules to improve barrier / compounding = Nanotechnology

Conclusions: Main priority area identified(RM 1 and 3)

1. OBTAINING OF NEW PACKAGING MATERIAL FROM WASTE, TEXTILE OR FOOD WASTE.

2. OBTAINING OF FIBER BASED MATERIAL AND RENEWABLE MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED BARRIER PROPERTIES with renewable coatings, nanofillers etc. considering recycling aspects and food safety issues.

3. DEVELOPMENT OR USE OF NEW BIOMATERIALS.

4. WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS for collecting, recycling and valorization of waste to make possible the obtaining of new packaging material from waste.

5. FIBER MODIFICATION to substitute plastic and make new market niche available.

1. LEGISLATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES AT EU LEVEL

1. HEALTHY MARKET INTRODUCTION OF NEW PACKAGING MATERIALS

2. COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON “SUSTAINABILITY OF PACKAGING” TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS (producers, consumers,…) – Right info = right and best procedures.

3. EFFECTIVE END OF LIFE PROCESSES DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW PACKAGING AND PACKAGING MATERIALS

4. PACKAGING WASTE PREVENTION FROM STARTING - Ecodesign

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Purpose of today’s workshop

Purpose of today’s workshop

Main objective:To get the INPUT from the industry (CEPI) to this first draft of conclusions that we are presenting today

Results from today´s workshop will be used to get a second Report that will be distributed to all attendees.

This report will contribute to focus next and future research priorities inside the research groups that join the FP 1003 BIOMATPACK Action in collaboration with the industry.

What is required for this workshop?People interaction, ideas, discussion ….. People active participation.

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Purpose of today’s workshop

Methodology for today:

Split into 3 groups.

Each group should (1,5h) :

1.Discuss and validate the landscape roadmap conclusions.

2.Complete the landscape with new applications ideas.

3.Identify challenges for the industry.

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INCREASING PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE MATERIALS/BIOFUELS/BIOCHEMICALS IN RESPONSE TO OIL AVAILABILITY/COSTNEED ALTERNATIVE RAW MATERIALS SUPPLY FOR BIOPLASTICS

PACK. MATERIAL FROM FOOD WASTE

ECONOMICAL CRISIS / IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING VALUE CHAINLIGHTER AND COST REDUCTION OF PACKAGING / REDUCTION OF PACKAGING WASTE (impact and reuse of materials)

EFFICIENT PROCESSES AND END OF LIFE PROCESSES REQUIRED

EVOLUTION OF LEGISLATION NEEDED AND LACK OF CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW MATERIALS (TESTING) STRONGER FOOD SAFETY LEGISLATION IN USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS - NEED CLEAR REGLEMENTATIO N ON FIBER BASED PACKAGING/FOOD

COST OPTIMIZATION OF MATERIALS + VALORIZATION

GREEN TREND ACCEPTABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS / MINIMIZATION OF CARBON FOOTPRINT, NEED TO MEASURE AND LABEL IT

MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES FOR FIBER BASED PACKAGING: BARRIER, MOISTURE RESISTANT etc.

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLESOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHICAL TRENDS

INFO. AND COMMUNICATION NEED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY MARKERS FOR PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS / INFO. ABOUT ORIGIN AND SAFETY OF THE PRODUCT

PACKAGING DEVELOPMENT ARE BEING MARKED BY RETAIL SECTOR

STANDARDIZATION OF CARBON FOOTPRINT AS ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION SYSTEM OF PACKAGING AT EU LEVEL TO OBTAIN COMPARABLE RESULTS

NEW TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION STANDARDIZED METHODS TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY, SUPPORT PACKAGING SUSTAINABILITY

OBTAINING OF RENEWABLE PACKAGING FROM WASTE/ RECYCLED MATERIALS OR FOOD WASTE

IMPROVEMENT OF MATERIAL’S PROPERTIES FOR P&B PACKAGING (BARRIER, MOISTURE, LIGHTWEIGHTED, ACTIVE MATERIALS…)

DEVELOPMENT OF BIOBASED PACKAGING AS FOR EX. CELLULOSE AND STARCH BASED PACK., BIO-COATINGS, BIODEGRADABLE FILMSNEW EFFICIENT WASTE MANAGEMENT AND END OF LIFE SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW MATERIALS (IMPROVING SORTING, COLLECTION, RECYCLING TECHN.

ECODESIGN AND PACKGING OPTIMIZATION

INTELLIGENT PACKAGING AND NEW DEVICES OR SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION (LABELS, TAGS, PRINTED ELECTRONICS…)CONVENIENCE PACKAGING (SELF HEATING/COOLING…)

REUSABLE / MULTIFUNCTIONAL PACKAGING

NEW MARKET NICHES:THERMOFORMED BIOPLASTICS FOR CHEESE, BIOBASED TRAYS WITH BIO-BARRIER COATINGS FOR FRESH MEAT, BIOPOLYMER PACKAGING FOR BUTTER, TRANSPARENT PAPERBOARD, BIO-TETRAPACK….

FIBRE AND CELL WALL MODIFICATION

COATING TECHNOLOGIES AND DISPERSION

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF MATERIALSPROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES:COEXTRUSSION, COMPOUNDING AND LAMINATION

RFID TECHNOLOGY AND SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICESOBTAINING OF BIO-MATERIALS FROM WASTE: FERMENTATION AND SORTING TECHNOLOGIES

MULTICOMPONENTS DISPERSION

USE OF MULTILAYEREND OF LIFE TECHNOLOGIESUSE OF MULTILAYER

PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

NANOTECHNOLOGY