The new year comes full of activities for BIOSWITCH!
2022 is kicking off with several plan activities arranged by the BIOSWITCH partners! The BIOSWITCH partners will host a short online session on 27 January 2022, to introduce the BIOSWITCH Toolbox and go through the different tools produced to assist brand owners in their transition from fossil-based …
BIOSWITCH research referenced in EU publication
One of the research papers published within the framework of the BIOSWITCH project has been referenced in an Independent Expert Report elaborated by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission: A framework approach for bioeconomy strategy development : 10 policy recommendations for …
BIOSWITCH at Expo Food Service 2021
The BIOSWITCH Communications Manager Ana I. Martinez, from Sustainable Innovations (SIE), participated in the Expo Food Service 2021 Conference that was celebrated in Madrid, Spain, on 24 and 25 November 2021. There, she introduced the BIOSWITCH project to different brand owners working in the food …
BIOWITCH celebrates hybrid GA meeting
The BIOSWITCH consortium partners held a General Assembly (GA) meeting on 23 November 2021, 18 months after the project began. This was the first time that most of the partners could meet face-to-face, as it was celebrated in Brussels, Belgium, in a hybrid mode, with …
BIOSWITCH at the Plastic Free World Event
BIOSWITCH partner VTT attended the Plastic Free World Event and the Greener Manufacturing Show in Köln, Germany, 10 and 11 November 2021. There, our colleague Heli Kangas distributed some of the BIOSWITCH brochures and disseminated the project. The Plastic Free World Conference & Expo has rapidly …
BIOSWITCH pan-European matchmaking
BIOSWITCH hosted an online pan-European matchmaking event on September 21, 2021, organised by Food and Bio Cluster Denmark with the support of all the partners. Prior to the matchmaking session, the project held different presentations about the benefits of bio-based products and materials in replacement …
BIOSWITCH hosts review meeting
All the BIOSWITCH project partners came together online on September 2 in preparation for the review meeting that they are holding with the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) on September 7. During the session, they will review and assess all the work performed during …
The Brand Owner Perspective on switching from fossil-based to bio-based products
The BIOSWITCH project has carried out research to explore the role that brand owners can play in supporting market uptake of biobased products and to capture the perspectives of European brand owners in relation to biobased products. Based on the findings of this paper, brand …
BIOSWITCH at PIC 2021
Our partner Emma Sidgwick, from Flanders’ Food, presented the BIOSWITCH Project at the Plant InterCluster (PIC 2021) event, which was celebrated in a digital format from June 30th to July 2nd. The annual PIC Meeting is the most important Cluster Event in the plant production …
Results of the research on consumer perspectives of bio-based products
The BIOSWITCH project has carried out research to further understand consumer perception of bio-based products. The research included a quantitative survey among 18–75-year-old consumers in Ireland and the Netherlands to gain an understanding of consumer perspectives in relation to bio-based products. All the results were …