Knowledge Hub
In this section, you can find several resources that partners are sharing in open access on the project’s results.
Bioplastic Packaging Design: Safe, Sustainable and Recyclable
On 1 December 2025, in Berlin, several projects working on bioplastic packaging were pitched to an audience of industry and policy representatives. ReBioCycle also provided an update on recycling bioplastics, with a presentation by AIMPLAS.
Presentations: https://zenodo.org/records/17792786
Booklet of the event: https://zenodo.org/records/17723347
Agenda of the meeting: https://www.european-bioplastics.org/events/ebc/bioplastic-packaging-design-safe-sustainable-and-recyclable/
Sorting bioplastics at scale at the Circular Plastic Plant of Amiat
Between April to September 2025, the ReBioCycle partners Iren and Novamont collaborated at the plant to develop a Near Infrared (NIR) database to identify rigid and flexible bioplastics in real-world plastic waste. The activity has been using virgin bioplastic items by leveraging a pre-loaded bioplastic recognition software and integrating it with different types of spectra obtained from virgin bioplastic specimens and real bioplastic items recovered manually from the plastic waste stream. The first full-scale NIR sorting activity was successfully performed.
Design for Recycling criteria for bioplastics packaging
A second talk of the Bioplastics Recycling Cluster Talk series, by Lorette Du Preez (European Bioplastics) and Laura Tirkkonen-Rajasalo, co-founder and Chief Compliance Officer (Sulapac) was held on 4 November 2025.
Resources from this talk are available:
Design for Recycling criteria for bioplastics packaging https://zenodo.org/records/17524013
Sulapac about becoming recyclable https://zenodo.org/records/17529015
Bioplastics sorting: Are digital tools empowered by AI needed? State of the Art and Perspectives
A second talk of the Bioplastics Recycling Cluster Talk series, by Antoine Bourely (Pellenc ST) on the integration of technologies for sorting, was held on 7 October 2025.
Resources from the talk:
New Technologies & Digital Tools for Sorting Bioplastics
9 September 2025
A first talk of the Bioplastics Recycling Cluster Talk series saw the contribution of Gemma Figuerola Miro (Leitat) and Carles Musoll (PICVISA) from the MoeBIOs project. The talk was held on 9 September 2025.
Resources from the talk:
The role of Trinity College Dublin in the project: An interview with Pooja Priyadarsini
August 2025
A 3-minute interview with Pooja Priyadarsini (Trinity College Dublin), explaining the core activities and role of TCD in the ReBioCycle project.
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g04hXz8UPyI
Material recovery challenges and mechanical recycling
Resources on material recovery challenges and mechanical recycling, with some insight provided by Javier Grau Forner (AIMPLAS · Technological Institute of Plastics) were presented in a talk under the title “Current Status of Bioplastics Management: Impact on Conventional Plastics Systems, Recovery Challenges, and Mechanical Recycling Strategies”. The talk was given on 3 June 2025 in Brussels, as part of the event organised by European Bioplastics.
Circularity and End of Life alternatives for bio-based and biodegradable materials
A talk by Prof. Kevin O’Connor (ReBioCycle Coordinator, BiOrbic Director) at the CBE JU Cluster Project´s Workshop on Bio-based Materials on 17 June 2025, in Brussels
ReBioCycle Key Messages
27 May 2025
Document with the main 4 messages of the ReBioCycle project.
Link to Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/15309118
The role of ARAPAHA in the project: An interview with Jörn Behage
A 2-minute interview with Jörn Behage (ARAPAHA), explaining the core activities of ARAPAHA, its role in the ReBioCycle project, and the importance of closed-loop design and closed-loop recycling.
Link to YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3TRa5bNrvE
Bioplastics chemical recycling at EUBP Talk
Jan Pels, CTO of TORWASH and leader of the Dutch Hub at ReBioCycle, participated in the third EUBP Talk on the series on Advancements in Recycling of Bioplastics on 30 April 2025. Jan presented TORWASH´s technology for chemical recycling of bioplastics. Jan was joined by Arno Cordes, from ASA Espezialenzyme GmbH, who spoke about the enzymatic recycling of bioplastics.
Link to the presentation in Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/15309118
The role of role of Biological Research Center CIB Margarita Salas – CSIC in ReBioCycle: An interview with Laura de Eugenio
10 April 2025
Laura de Eugenio explains the role of the Biological Research Center CIB Margarita Salas – CSIC in the ReBioCycle project. Laura discusses the potential of enzymatic recycling of bioplastics.
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js0bjNWkcL0&t=25s
Short summary of ReBioCycle (flyers)
14 February 2025
Check out our latest ReBioCycle flyers on our Knowledge Hub. There, you will find a global flyer and dedicated information related to each of our three hubs.
Explore them now on our Zenodo Community.
The role of role of ARCHA in ReBioCycle: An interview with Francesca Braca
10 February 2025
A 4-minute interview with Francesca Braca explaining the role of ARCHA in the ReBioCycle project, their expected outcomes from their participation in the EU-funded project, and the most innovative aspect of our project.
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4PfYnbbID4
The role of Paques Biomaterials in ReBioCycle: An interview with João Sousa
04 February 2025
A 3-minute interview with João Sousa (Paques Biomaterials), explaining the main core activities of Paques Biomaterials, its role in the ReBioCycle project, its expected outcomes from its participation in the EU-funded project, and the most innovative aspect of our project.
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNn7sso01Ow
The role of NOVAMONT in ReBioCycle: An interview with the Italian Hub Leader
A 3-minutes with NOVAMONT: The Italian hub uses chemical recycling technologies, upscaling them to TRL 7. In this interview, you will learn more about its partners, plans, and activities.
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwhXM5JieFQ&t=49s
ReBioCycle Poster
14 January 2025
This is a short summary of the ReBioCycle features in the form of a poster. Suitable for an A1 format for prints.
Download the document from Zenodo https://zenodo.org/records/14645796
The role of AIMPLAS in ReBioCycle: An interview with the Spanish Hub Leader
16 December 2024
An 8-minute with Pablo Ferrero Aguar (AIMPLAS): The Spanish hub uses biological and mechanical recycling technologies, upscaling them to TRL 6-7. In this interview, you will learn more about its partners, plans, and activities.
Link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/lzZK3m6efV0
The role of TORWASH in the project: An interview with the Dutch Hub Leader
16 December 2024
An 8-minute interview with Jan Pels (TORWASH): The Dutch hub uses chemical technology, upscaling it to TRL 6.
In this interview, you will learn more about its partners, plans, and activities.
Link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/gtzm1GhCeKc?si=jOJ7cAfD27dNCvzl
“Recycling strategies: What’s next”: Follow-up of the event
Organised by: European Bioplastics
The projects ReBioCycle, BioSupPack, BIOMAC, MoeBIOS, and PROSPER are working on novel or improved recycling technologies for bioplastics. European Bioplastics has organised the event to present their recycling approaches on 9 December 2024 in Berlin and online, alongside the EBC24. The event saw more than 80 participants (online and on site).
Resources available:
- Presentations https://zenodo.org/records/14384110
- Recording https://youtu.be/DtbKQxHc3ag?si=IkNeCZ89WZON8qST
- Summary of the projects contributing to this event https://zenodo.org/records/14231054
White Paper on “Alternative Feedstock for bioplastics: Bridging the gap between research and the market”
December 2024
At the workshop held on 16 October 2024 at European Bioplastics in Brussels, European Bioplastics discussed alternative feedstocks with representatives of outstanding research and innovation projects, and how biowaste can be successfully used for bioplastic production. In the proceedings of this workshop, ReBioCycle has also been mentioned as one of the innovative projects addressing the challenge of recycling bioplastics.
Download the white paper from Zenodo
This workshop was the wrap-up event of the EUBP talk series on Alternative Feedstock.
ReBioCycle Zenodo Community: All materials in open access
October 2024
The ReBioCycle Zenodo community is the place where the partners share resources in open access. You can find presentations, posters, infographics, deliverables and reports.
ReBioCycle factsheet
November 2024
A short recap of challenges, work plan and consortium, and the key features of the ReBioCycle project.
Download the document from Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/14038703
Press release for the ReBioCycle launch
October 2024: The newly EU-funded ReBioCycle project provides a portfolio of bioplastic sorting and recycling technologies within three complementary waste- processor-centric hubs. These hubs will be established for different technologies and technology readiness levels (TRL) in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and partly in Ireland. They will be focusing on mechanical recycling, chemical recycling, enzymatic recycling and microbial recycling.
Download the document from Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/13899137
Short summary of the ReBioCycle
On Cordis you can read the short summary of our activities and plans in several European languages:
- ReBioCycle Summary in English
- ReBioCycle Zusammenfassung auf Deutsch
- ReBioCycle riassunto in italiano
- ReBioCycle petit resume en francais
- ReBioCycle breve descripción del proyecto en español