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The project aim is to develop functional bio-based polymer composites reinforced with natural waste fillers and with antibacterial particles.

The base material will be a bio-based matrix–polyethylene terephthalate (bioPET), while waste particles will be used as the reinforcing phase: coffee grounds, chicken eggshells, and mollusk shells. Moreover, the composites will be modified with antibacterial particles–traditional metals and their oxides: silver, copper oxide, copper chromate, and natural antibacterial particles such as horseradish, turmeric, etc.

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Work packages:

  1. Chemical surface modification

  2. Manufacturing of bio-based composites

  3. Composites with antibacterial properties

  4. Modelling

  5. Design, construction, building, and starting a research and pilot line

  6. Coordination & Management

  7. Dissemination & Communication

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This research was funded by the Latvian Council of Science, agreement No. ES RTD/2022/9 (Project EkoMat)

and by the Poland National Centre for Research and Development, agreement No M-ERA.NET3/2021/79/EcoMat/2022. 

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