Development of an automated process to extract fibres from the waste of banana food production for exploitation as a sustainable reinforcement in injection - and rotomoulded products
project objectives

Badana addresses the specific technological problems of the SME participants through the following objectives:

 
  • To develop high-quality banana fibre suitable to be applied to polymer processing such as injection moulding and rotational moulding.
 
  • To develop efficient and automated equipment for banana-fibre extraction.
 
  • To develop new industrial applications for the wastes from banana plants (false stem or leaves), thereby adding value for the benefit of the SMEs agricultural sector.
 
  • To increase the competitiveness of SMEs with new cost-effective eco-efficient materials.
 
  • To increase the technology level and competitiveness of the EU SME injection moulders, rotational moulders, compounders, farmers and end users through increased transnational collaboration, facilitating the production of value-added products.

 

 

 
Potential applications for rotomoulded NFC.
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project partners

The project is made up of 12 partners comprising SMEs, RTDs and other enterprises from around the European Union.

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