Alternative to plastic: the Tecnopolo of Rimini in the front row
EcopAckLab: an innovative packaging system for the conservation quality improvement and completely compostable
The fight against plastic is now a concrete fact.
Across Europe awareness-raising campaigns and new regulations to protect the environment are bearing fruit and, in the viewfinder, packaging above all is finished, as they represent most of the plastics that end up in the sea.
Packaging, as evidenced by a study by Legambiente, is difficult to recycle also from an economic point of view (the cost estimated by the World Economic Forum of 40 billion dollars). Added to this is that, although various companies have begun to have greater sensitivity on the subject, there are still no universally widespread solutions that replace oil derivatives.
However, alternatives to plastic are beginning to circulate.
For years, in the world of design, bioplastics with a totally vegetable base have been designed, or packaging made from sugar or wax derivatives that have a maturity of just over the contained product.
Other studies work on new totally eco-compostable polymers that therefore have a zero impact on the environment, while maintaining all the characteristics of robustness and quality of the most classic polymers.
Even within the Rimini Technopole, research and experiments are being carried out on alternative packaging methods that can counteract pollution and the spread of plastics.
The EcoPackLab project, created by the Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research in Advanced Mechanics and Materials, aims to create a sustainable and innovative packaging system for improving the preservation quality of packaged foods.
The project, through an integrated and interdisciplinary approach, related to quality, safety and logistic efficiency, makes use of the topicality of two laboratories and industrial supply chains that make their transversal skills related to different packaging areas available to the regional economy.
The realized prototype allows to produce and test films suitable for the needs of the interested companies, which can then validate their technological solutions in an environment similar to the industrial one.
Further information can be obtained by contacting the Rimini Tecnopolo.
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Across Europe awareness-raising campaigns and new regulations to protect the environment are bearing fruit and, in the viewfinder, packaging above all is finished, as they represent most of the plastics that end up in the sea.
Packaging, as evidenced by a study by Legambiente, is difficult to recycle also from an economic point of view (the cost estimated by the World Economic Forum of 40 billion dollars). Added to this is that, although various companies have begun to have greater sensitivity on the subject, there are still no universally widespread solutions that replace oil derivatives.
However, alternatives to plastic are beginning to circulate.
For years, in the world of design, bioplastics with a totally vegetable base have been designed, or packaging made from sugar or wax derivatives that have a maturity of just over the contained product.
Other studies work on new totally eco-compostable polymers that therefore have a zero impact on the environment, while maintaining all the characteristics of robustness and quality of the most classic polymers.
Even within the Rimini Technopole, research and experiments are being carried out on alternative packaging methods that can counteract pollution and the spread of plastics.
The EcoPackLab project, created by the Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research in Advanced Mechanics and Materials, aims to create a sustainable and innovative packaging system for improving the preservation quality of packaged foods.
The project, through an integrated and interdisciplinary approach, related to quality, safety and logistic efficiency, makes use of the topicality of two laboratories and industrial supply chains that make their transversal skills related to different packaging areas available to the regional economy.
The realized prototype allows to produce and test films suitable for the needs of the interested companies, which can then validate their technological solutions in an environment similar to the industrial one.
Further information can be obtained by contacting the Rimini Tecnopolo.
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Forum S3: great representation of the Technopole Laboratories
FORUM S3 2019 - The Clust-ER and sustainable development: research and innovation for the Agenda 2030 challenges
"Plastics, risks and opportunities in the context of a circular economy"
Rimini 24 September at 3.00pm
Alternative to plastic: the Tecnopolo of Rimini in the front row
EcopAckLab: an innovative packaging system for the conservation quality improvement and completely compostable
Start up a tender for young companies with DNA innovation
Applications from 8 July to 11 October 2019 for start-up calls for tenders. The Region with European Funds aims to promote activities and generate employment.
Hackathon MOBILIT–ER: intelligent local mobility in Emilia–Romagna
Organized as part of R2B Research to Business - the International Exhibition on Industrial Research and Innovation Skills, will be held at BolognaFiere on 6 and 7 June 2019
Coordination Network of the Technopolitan Network of the Emilia–Romagna Region
The appointment at the Rimini Tecnopolo
The Tecnopolo meets the productive categories
The opportunities of the Technopolis Network present themselves
Emilia–Romagna in Silicon Valley: opportunities for SMEs and Startups – Rimini Tecnopolo March 27th
Event organized in collaboration with Uni.Rimini and Aster - Area S3
The importance of innovation for companies
Derived from the Latin, nowadays "innovation" is synonymous with "new idea" and "invention".
The Tecnopolo di Rimini as a tool of competitive advantage for local companies
The opportunities available to businesses
Innovation Roadshow of the Emilia–Romagna Region: the Rimini stage is on its way
Rimini, Wednesday 5 December 2018 from 2.30 pm in the Marvelli hall of the Province of Rimini in via Dario Campana 62
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