{"id":161784,"date":"2025-04-17T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=161784"},"modified":"2025-04-11T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:02:56","slug":"next-step-recyclable-products-from-wood-production-residues-for-everyday-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/next-step-recyclable-products-from-wood-production-residues-for-everyday-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"NEXT-STEP: recyclable products from wood production residues for everyday applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/04\/NEXT-STEP-KOM-VF-baja.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161800\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.659643435980551;width:746px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/04\/NEXT-STEP-KOM-VF-baja.webp 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/04\/NEXT-STEP-KOM-VF-baja-300x181.webp 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/04\/NEXT-STEP-KOM-VF-baja-150x90.webp 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/04\/NEXT-STEP-KOM-VF-baja-768x463.webp 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/04\/NEXT-STEP-KOM-VF-baja-400x241.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 AIMPLAS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Scaling up sustainable and biodegradable materials is crucial for the future advancement of European industry. Currently, many bio-based alternatives struggle to compete with established fossil-based chemicals due to challenges in environmental, economic, and societal performance. To overcome this,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nextstep-cbe.com\/\">NEXT-STEP<\/a>\u00a0aims to develop recyclable products from wood production residues for everyday applications. New biochemical materials will be developed for shoe soles and insulation materials for construction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By reducing manufacturing costs and using second-generation feedstocks such as hardwood sugars produced from residues derived from sustainably managed forests, NEXT-STEP aims to develop a new chemical platform, 3-methyl-d-valerolactone (3MdVL) that will improve the sustainability and recyclability of polyurethane (PU) products and unlock new engineering plastic applications for polylactic acid (PLA) co-polymers. This initiative seeks to address environmental concerns while fostering the adoption of bio-based materials in various industries. Thus, NEXT-STEP realizes a\u202fsustainable, safe, and affordable\u202fway to produce groundbreaking bio-based chemicals at a large scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be achieved through 6 specific objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sourcing and process\u202foptimization for EU-based and sustainable feedstocks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scale-up and demonstration\u202fof an innovative and resource-efficient process to produce aMVL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scale-up\u202fresource-efficient catalytic processes to unlock the use of 3MdVL and 3MPD as bio-based platform chemicals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commercially viable, safe and sustainable\u202fbuilding blocks by design.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate\u202fthe applicability of aMVL, 3MdVL and 3MPD as bio-based chemical platforms to produce bio-based products meeting market requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Definition\u202fof socially acceptable and competitive business and commercialization plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>12 partners from 8 countries<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, coordinated by AIMPLAS, is supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking and its members and gathers 12 partners from 8 EU countries across the value chain that have come together to work on the development of sustainable materials from\u202ffeedstock to end-products. The consortium includes the footwear company Adidas, Fibenol, DBFZ, Quantis, Sapienza Universit\u00e0 di Roma, Mevaldi, PDC Research Foundation, Ghent University, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Certech, and Altar.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aimplas.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/circular-biobased-europe.png\" alt=\"circular biobased europe\" class=\"wp-image-36610\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The NEXT-STEP project is supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking and its members, under GA 101157081.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scaling up sustainable and biodegradable materials is crucial for the future advancement of European industry. Currently, many bio-based alternatives struggle to compete with established fossil-based chemicals due to challenges in environmental, economic, and societal performance. To overcome this,\u00a0NEXT-STEP\u00a0aims to develop recyclable products from wood production residues for everyday applications. 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