PlastoCyan

PlastoCyan

Project Info

• Name: Production of biodegradable polymer polyhydroxybutyrate PHB from cyanobacteria by cultivation in wastewater
• Registration Number: ATCZ260
• Grant Provider: Interreg Austria - Czech Republic
• Period: 2021 - 2022
• Total Subsidity (€): 335 365,62

Lead Partner

•  Institute of Microbiology of the CAS - Centre Algatech

Project Partners

• Fachhochschule Oberösterreich Forschungs- und Entwicklungs GmbH
• Technische Universität Wien - Institut für Verfahrenstechnik, Umwelttechnik und technische Biowissenschaften

Project leader for MBÚ AV ČR Třeboň

• Tomáš Grivalský, Ph.D.

Project Description

The Interreg project Plastocyan is focused on the cultivation of cyanobacteria in wastewaters for the production of biomass, from which biodegradable compound - polyhydroxybutyrate is subsequently extracted. This cultivation process leads to the recycling of nutrients as part of wastewater management, and at the same time it allows the production of fully degradable bioplastic usable e.g. in the packaging industry. The aim of this eco-innovation project is to recycle municipal wastewater as well as dairy wastewater via the cultivation of cyanobacteria able to use sewage nutrients and produce biomass containing biodegradable polymers as their storage compounds.

          
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