ReBioCycle, a success story featured by the Horizon Europe Ireland’s National Support Network

ReBioCycle has been featured on the Horizon Europe Ireland’s National Support Network website. As you all know, the ReBioCycle project aims to support the transition from fossil-based plastics to biobased, biodegradable alternatives. “Ultimately, we want to move away from fossil plastics to bioplastics, and we need to reduce overall plastic use as well,” says Project Coordinator Kevin O’Connor of UCD, who is also Director of the BiOrbic Research Ireland Centre for Bioeconomy (BiOrbic).

O’Connor explains that one of the barriers to widespread adoption of bioplastics is the perception that they are not readily recyclable. Indeed, plastic recycling facility operators currently consider bioplastics to be contaminants rather than materials that can be recycled into valuable, high-performing materials.

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