BiocopacPlus is among the 15 best projects for LIFE Awards 2019
Every year, LIFE programme selects the best projects (concluded) for four categories (Environment, Nature, Climate Action, Citizen’s Prize) and awards them at LIFE Awards Ceremony, held during the EU Green Week. The LIFE Awards recognise the most innovative, inspirational and…

Layman’s Report
BiocopacPlus has published the Layman’s Report, a booklet that includes the summary of project scopes and objectives and illustrates the impact of the techniques demonstrated by the project. The Layman’s Report explains all the results achieved by actions, supported by…

Green Oscar 2017
Azienda Agricola Virginio Chiesa won the Green Oscar 2017, in the context of the CREA category, at the regional competition for young farmers and promoted by Coldiretti Giovani Impresa Lombardia. The competition, that rewards innovation in agriculture, gave the prize to the…

Territorial Circular Bioeconomy
Life+ BiocopacPlus participated at the national networking day Territorial Circular Bioeconomy devoted to the LIFE Program, the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action in Bologna Campus on May 16th, 2017 on the occasion of the next LIFE…

Innovative Ideas and Technologies on Agribusiness
Special conference – Inspire Power: Food Security for Developing Countries and Award Ceremony of the UNIDO ITPO International Challenge “Innovative Ideas and Technologies on Agribusiness” In partnership with UNIDO / CNR, Seeds&Chips, Milan, 10th May 2017 The second edition of…

Follow up – Pilot plant inauguration
L’inaugurazione dell’impianto pilota del 27 Ottobre 2016 “Chimica sostenibile dalle bucce del pomodoro” è stata un’occasione di confronto tra l’industria di trasformazione del pomodoro, le industrie chimiche produttrici di vernici, i produttori di imballaggi metallici, i produttori di macchinari per…
Pilot plant inauguration
“Sustainable chemistry from tomato skins” Pilot plant inauguration of Life+ BiocopacPlus project In Canneto Sull’Oglio (MN), Italy, at Azienda Agricola Virginio Chiesa, on Thursday, 27th October 2016, at 3 o’clock p.m, the BiocopacPlus Consortium will inaugurate the pilot plant for…

Tomaca Fest
On August 27, 2016, Dr. Angela Montanari, Head of the Packaging Department for The Experimental Station for the Food Preserving Industry (SSICA) was invited at the “Institutions reward the research”Conference, within the Tomaca Fest, an event aimed to highlight one…

4th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management
Dr. Angelica Cifarelli, of Packaging Department at the Experimental Station for Food Preserve Industry (SSICA), participated from 23th June to 25th June in the CYPRUS 2016 – 4th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management. Topics of interest included the…

LIFE Platform meeting on Circular Economy/Waste
On 27th June 2016, Drs. Ilaria Maria Cigognini and Raffaella Pironti, of Packaging Department at the Experimental Station for Food Preserve Industry (SSICA), participated in the LIFE Platform meeting “Circular economy: reducing waste generation from industrial sources and /or…