FISH chitinolytic biowastes FOR FISH active and sustainable packaging material

WHY

  • Circular Economy: from bio-waste of the seafood sector to a new active and sustainable material for fish packaging.
  • Blue Economy: longer fish shelf life thanks to the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of the packaging.
  • Environmental Challenges: help to reduce sea and terrestrial plastic litter and promote the transition towards a fossil-free future.

WHAT

  • Chitin, chitosan and chito-oligosaccharides (COS) production.
  • Preparation of lignin nanoparticles bearing chitosan and chito-oligosaccharides.
  • Realization and validation of prototypes for fish packaging.
  • Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA).

WHAT FOR

The FISH4FISH project aims to produce innovative active and sustainable packaging material based on chitinolytic derivatives, using marine biomass wastes. Such packaging enhance fish shelf-life and, once it is wasted, it can be used as fertilizer and microbial preservatives for plants.

  • Environmental and socio-economic impacts:

reduce plastic litter

give new value to the fish industry waste

enhance competitiveness of fish-processing industry

reduce food waste

  • Implement SDSN Global Goals:

 9. Industry, innovation and  infrastructure;

12.sustainable consumption and production patterns;

13. combat climate change and its impacts

14.Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources