Upcycling of PE and PET wastes to generate biodegradable bioplastics for food and drink packaging

Project Information

upPE-T

Grant agreement ID: 953214

DOI

10.3030/953214

Project closed

EC signature date 6 November 2020

Start date 1 November 2020

End date 30 April 2025

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Biotechnology

Total cost

€ 7 826 685,00

EU contribution

€ 7 826 685,00

Coordinated by

ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE INVESTIGACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DEL CALZADOY DEL PLASTICO DE LA REGION DE MURCIA
Spain

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (16)

7.4.1. Standardization contribution

Standardization contribution

9.7.1. Policy reviews

Policy reviews

9.1.3. Communication and Awareness Plan

Communication and Awareness Plan

8.2.1. Dissemination activities report

Dissemination activities report

9.1.4. Communication and Awareness Plan

Communication and Awareness Plan

7.4.2. Standardization contribution

Standardization contribution

9.1.2. Communication and Awareness Plan

Communication and Awareness Plan

9.4.1. Communications & stakeholders' engagement activities report

Communications stakeholders engagement activities report

9.4.2. Communications & stakeholders' engagement activities report

Communications & stakeholders’ engagement activities report

9.4.3. Communications & stakeholders' engagement activities report

Communications & stakeholders’ engagement activities report

7.5.1. Report on certification schemes.

Report on certification schemes, minutes with certification institutes.

9.1.1. Communication and Awareness Plan

Communication and Awareness Plan

9.7.2. Policy reviews

Policy reviews

7.4.4. Standardization contribution

Standardization contribution

8.2.2. Dissemination activities report

Dissemination activities report

7.4.3.Standardization contribution

Standardization contribution

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

9.5. Citizen awareness VR mobile app

Citizen awareness VR mobile app

9.2. upPE-T Website

upPE-T Website

9.3.European Citizens' awareness Platform

European Citizens’ awareness Platform

9.6. Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for European citizens

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for European citizens

Publications

Other (1)

Quantifying the difference between CO₂-release and carbon conversion in aerobic aquatic biodegradation tests

Author(s): Ines Fritz, Lia Hergolitsch, Dennis Dalnodar, Antonia Zerobin
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.20.644457

Peer reviewed articles (19)

Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics

Author(s): Lorena Simó-Cabrera (University of Alicante),Salvador García-Chumillas (CETEC),Nashwa Hagagy ,Amna Saddiq ,Hend Tag ,Samy Selim ,Hamada AbdElgawad ,Alejandro Arribas Agüero (CETEC),Fuensanta Monzó Sánchez (CETEC),Verónica Cánovas (CETECBIOTECHNOLOGY),Carmen Pire (University of Alicante) and Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa (University of Alicante)
Published in: Marine Drugs, Issue Monthly, 2021, Page(s) Mar. Drugs 2021, 19(3), 159, ISSN 1660-3397
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/md19030159

Multiple Substrate Binding Mode-Guided Engineering of a Thermophilic PET Hydrolase

Author(s): Lara Pfaff, Jian Gao, Zhishuai Li, Anna Jäckering, Gert Weber, Jan Mican, Yinping Chen, Weiliang Dong, Xu Han, Christian G. Feiler, Yu-Fei Ao, Christoffel P. S. Badenhorst, David Bednar, Gottfried J. Palm, Michael Lammers, Jiri Damborsky, Birgit Strodel, Weidong Liu*, Uwe T. Bornscheuer*, and Ren Wei*
Published in: ACS catalysis, Issue 24 per year, 2022, Page(s) 9790-9800, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02275

Exploring new galaxies: Perspectives on the discovery of novel PET-degrading enzymes

Author(s): Jan Mican, Da'san M.M. Jaradat, Weidong Liu, Gert Weber, Stanislav Mazurenko, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Jiri Damborsky, Ren Wei, David Bednar
Published in: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Issue 342, 2023, Page(s) 123404, ISSN 0926-3373
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123404

Biosensor and chemo-enzymatic one-pot cascade applications to detect and transform PET-derived terephthalic acid in living cells

Author(s): Thomas Baye(University of Greifswald), Lara Pfaff (University of Greifswald), Yannick Branson (University of Greifswald), Aileen Becker (University of Greifswald), Shuke Wu, Uwe T. Bornscheuer (University of Greifswald), Ren Wei (University of Greifswald).
Published in: iScience, Issue Monthly, 2022, Page(s) vol. 25, no 5, p. 104326., ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Cell Press Elsevier Inc
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104326

Assessment of Four Engineered PET Degrading Enzymes Considering Large-Scale Industrial Applications

Author(s): Grégory Arnal, Julien Anglade, Sabine Gavalda, Vincent Tournier, Nicolas Chabot, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Gert Weber, Alain Marty
Published in: ACS Catalysis, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 13156-13166, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c02922

Molecular and Biochemical Differences of the Tandem and Cold-Adapted PET Hydrolases Ple628 and Ple629, Isolated From a Marine Microbial Consortium

Author(s): Ingrid E. Meyer Cifuentes 1, Pan Wu2,3, Yipei Zhao2,3, Weidong Liu2, Meina Neumann-Schaal 4, Lara Pfaff 5, Justyna Barys 1, Zhishuai Li 2, Jian Gao2, Xu Han2, Uwe T. Bornscheuer 6,Ren Wei 5 and Başak Öztürk 1*
Published in: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotecnology, 2022, ISSN 2296-4185
Publisher: Bo Yu, Institute of Microbiology (CAS)
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.930140

Advanced Strategies for Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Production: PHA Synthase Homologous Overexpression in the Extremophile Haloferax mediterranei

Author(s): Alexandra Simica, Yolanda Segovia, Alicia Navarro-Sempere, Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa, Carmen Pire
Published in: Marine Drugs, Issue 23, 2025, Page(s) 166, ISSN 1660-3397
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/md23040166

Structural Elucidation of a Metagenomic Urethanase and Its Engineering Towards Enhanced Hydrolysis Profiles

Author(s): Thomas Bayer, Gottfried J. Palm, Leona Berndt, Hannes Meinert, Yannick Branson, Louis Schmidt, Clemens Cziegler, Ina Somvilla, Celine Zurr, Leonie G. Graf, Una Janke, Christoffel P. S. Badenhorst, Stefanie König, Mihaela Delcea, Ulrike Garscha, Ren Wei, Michael Lammers, Uwe T. Bornscheuer
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 63, 2025, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404492

Sustainable food packaging using modified kombucha-derived bacterial cellulose nanofillers in biodegradable polymers

Author(s): Mikhail Koreshkov, Yuuki Takatsuna, Alexander Bismarck, Ines Fritz, Erik Reimhult, Ronald Zirbs
Published in: RSC Sustainability, Issue 2, 2024, Page(s) 2367-2376, ISSN 2753-8125
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4su00168k

Process insights for harnessing biotechnology for plastic depolymerization

Author(s): Ren Wei, Gert Weber, Lars M. Blank, Uwe T. Bornscheuer
Published in: Nature Chemical Engineering, Issue 2, 2025, Page(s) 110-117, ISSN 2948-1198
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00171-w

Chemo‐Enzymatic Depolymerization of Functionalized Low‐Molecular‐Weight Polyethylene

Author(s): Thomas Oiffer, Friedemann Leipold, Philipp Süss, Daniel Breite, Jan Griebel, Muhammad Khurram, Yannick Branson, Erik de Vries, Agnes Schulze, Christiane A. Helm, Ren Wei, Uwe T. Bornscheuer
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 63, 2024, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202415012

Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) by Haloferax mediterranei Using Candy Industry Wastes as Raw Materials

Author(s): Lorena Simó-Cabrera, Salvador García-Chumillas, Sergio J. Benitez-Benitez, Verónica Cánovas, Fuensanta Monzó, Carmen Pire, Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa
Published in: Bioengineering, Issue 11, 2024, Page(s) 870, ISSN 2306-5354
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11090870

PHBV cycle of life using waste as a starting point: from production to recyclability

Author(s): Salvador García-Chumillas, Teresa Guerrero-Murcia, María Nicolás-Liza, Fuensanta Monzó, Alexandra Simica, Lorena Simó-Cabrera, Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa
Published in: Frontiers in Materials, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2296-8016
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2024.1405483

Interfacial catalysis in enzymatic PET plastic depolymerization

Author(s): Jie Zhou, Zhongli Cui, Ren Wei, Weiliang Dong, Min Jiang
Published in: Trends in Chemistry, Issue 7, 2025, Page(s) 175-185, ISSN 2589-5974
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2025.02.005

Chemo‐Enzymatic Depolymerization of Functionalized Low‐Molecular‐Weight Polyethylene

Author(s): Uwe Bornscheuer, Thomas Oiffer, Friedemann Leipold, Philipp Süss, Daniel Breite, Jan Griebel, Muhammad Khurram, Yannick Branson, Erik de Vries, Agnes Schulze, Christiane A. Helm, Ren Wei
Published in: Angewandte Chemie, 2024, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202415012

Structure‐Guided Engineering of a Versatile Urethanase Improves Its Polyurethane Depolymerization Activity

Author(s): Zhishuai Li, Xu Han, Lin Cong, Parinita Singh, Pedro Paiva, Yannick Branson, Wenshuo Li, Yangyang Chen, Da'san M. M. Jaradat, Frank Lennartz, Thomas Bayer, Louis Schmidt, Ulrike Garscha, Song You, Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes, Maria João Ramos, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Gert Weber, Ren Wei, Weidong Liu
Published in: Advanced Science, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202416019

From Bulk to Binding: Decoding the Entry of PET into Hydrolase Binding Pockets

Author(s): Anna Jäckering, Frederike Göttsch, Moritz Schäffler, Mark Doerr, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Ren Wei, Birgit Strodel
Published in: JACS Au, Issue 4, 2025, Page(s) 4000-4012, ISSN 2691-3704
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00718

Mechanism-Based Design of Efficient PET Hydrolases

Author(s): Ren Wei (University of Greifswald), Gerlis von Haugwitz (University of Greifswald)) , Lara (University of Greifswald) , Jan Mican, Christoffel P. S. Badenhorst ((University of Greifswald), Weidong Liu, Gert Weber, Harry P. Austin ((University of Greifswald), David Bednar, Jiri Damborsky, and Uwe T. Bornscheuer (University of Greifswald)
Published in: ACS Catalysis, Issue Monthly, 2022, Page(s) vol. 12, no 6, p. 3382-3396, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05856

Sustainable food packaging using modified SiO₂ nanofillers in biodegradable polymers

Author(s): Mikhail Koreshkov, Sebastian J. Antreich, Alexander Bismarck, Ines Fritz, Erik Reimhult, Yuuki Takatsuna, Ronald Zirbs
Published in: Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Issue 8, 2024, Page(s) 2754-2763, ISSN 2052-1537
Publisher: Royal society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4qm00206g

Monographic books (1)

Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: Manufacturing Innovation and Preparedness for the Changing World Order

Author(s): Matthews Sami, Tanninen Panu, Togiani Amir, Ollikainen Mikael, Leminen Ville, Varis Juha
Published in: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 2024
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-74482-2

Conference proceedings (1)

The effect of the polymer film selection on the stiffness and applicability of the thermoformed tray package

Author(s): Panu Tanninen, Sanaz Afshariantorghabeh, Sami Matthews, Roman Lev, Ville Leminen
Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY - ITechCET 2022, Issue 3059, 2024, Page(s) 040005
Publisher: AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0190790