Sustainable Technologies for stRaw utilsation as an Alternative to virgin Wood fiber

STRAW_LIFE aims to transform the pulp and paper industry by using straw fiber instead of wood, reducing CO2 emissions and resource consumption through innovative sustainable technologies.

Subsidie
€ 2.612.765
2023

Projectdetails

Introduction

The current pulp and paper industry is mainly wood fiber based, resulting in a resource-intensive and high-polluting sector. The unsustainability of the currently used processes lies in different factors, but mainly in the high consumption of wood fibers, energy, water, and chemicals.

Need for Change

Given the current downhill evolution of climate change and the pressing need to reduce net CO2 emissions, it is clear that it is necessary to thoroughly revise the entire paper supply chain. This includes replacing conventional manufacturing approaches and non-renewable resources with new sustainable and future-proof technologies utilizing renewable resources.

STRAW_LIFE Project Overview

The STRAW_LIFE project will play a key role in enabling this transformation at an accelerated pace. The main objective of STRAW_LIFE is to demonstrate and validate the production of high-quality paper labels and folding cartons with straw fiber instead of virgin wood fiber at an industrial scale.

Key Components

This will be accomplished by:

  1. Mobilizing residual waste from barley and wheat cultivation.
  2. Transforming the current production process into a circular model.
  3. Potentially realizing CO2 emission savings of:
    • 1.671 million kg of CO2 equivalent on a global level.
    • 1.70 million kg of CO2 equivalent on EU level.

New Technology Implementation

In addition, a new technology for straw pulping, called the "Phoenix process," will be deployed. This technology is licensed from the US-based company Suitable Fiber Technologies.

Benefits of the Phoenix Process

The process offers several advantages:

  • Uses 15% less energy.
  • Uses 95% less water.
  • Almost avoids all use of harmful chemicals.

Therefore, aside from the environmental impact of replacing virgin fiber with straw fiber, an additional impact is realized by using the new straw pulping process, which represents a relative saving of 52% on a yearly basis.

Expected Impact

The total accumulative impact by 2025 is expected to be:

  • Reduced by 3.2 million kg CO2 equivalent by 2025.
  • Reduced by 1.70 million kg CO2 equivalent by 2029 in the EU region.

Financiële details & Tijdlijn

Financiële details

Subsidiebedrag€ 2.612.765
Totale projectbegroting€ 4.354.609

Tijdlijn

Startdatum1-1-2023
Einddatum30-6-2025
Subsidiejaar2023

Partners & Locaties

Projectpartners

  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEVpenvoerder

Land(en)

Belgium

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