The project’s objective was to integrate circular design, modeling, and demonstrate various applications, incorporating an initial end-of-life plan. It also explored end-of-life solutions, such as material identification and system-level approaches, addressing the current lack of recycling solutions and circular economy-based post-use applications for products available on the market today.

With a budget exceeding €3.4 million, ABiCo was a co-innovation project co-funded by Business Finland. The research consortium was led by VTT and supported by LAB University of Applied Sciences (process techniques, project management, and communications), Åbo Akademi University (fire retardants), University of Eastern Finland (bio-additives), and LUT University (circular design and end-of-life aspects).

Industry partners included Metsä Fibre and NG Nordic as leading company program partners of ExpandFibre, with Brightplus and Tonester Durat as parallel RDI partners. Additionally, the project was supported and guided by Meyer Turku’s NecoLeap program, Pihla, Vaisala, Syklo Biocomposites and TK-Tiimi.

CLIC Innovation was coordinating the project.

Newly published ABiCo Final Report highlights the potential of circular design for sustainable biocomposites. The report summarises the key results and outcomes of the project.

Link to ABiCo official website

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