Genecis receives funding from NGen to scale bioplastic production from organic waste
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Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen, not-for-profit organization that leads Canada’s Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster) has announced 6 M$ in collaborative funding for a project, coordinated by Genecis Bioindustries Inc. (Genecis, Canadian biotechnology company), to develop, scale and integrate a novel biotechnology platform to transform food waste into sustainable bioplastics.
Press release: “Genecis Receives Funding from NGen to Scale Sustainable Bioplastic Production from Organic Waste”, 27/07/2021.
Figure 1. The demonstration project will occur at the StormFisher Resource Recovery Centre in Drumbo (Ontario) designed to recycle discarded packaged food and municipal green bin waste
Genecis, in partnership with StormFisher (a developer and operator of organic waste and clean energy solutions), will integrate a demonstration-scale technology unit with an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to convert organic waste feedstock into high-value polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) bioplastics. The first product line of PHA plastic will serve as replacement for applications in packaging, agriculture, medicine and additive manufacturing.