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[email protected] R RESEARCH LIT & AIT JOIN FORCES TO WIN A €5 MILLION HORIZON 2020 PROJECT IN BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS A research team led by Dr Margaret Brennan Fournet of Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT), Dr Paudie Murray, Dr Catherine Collins and Dr Sushanta Saha of LIT are part of a consortium including Trinity College Dublin and nine other European and two Chinese Partners that have successfully received funding approval of a €5 Million H2020 research and innovation action project proposal- BioCEPT (Bioconstruction of a Circular Economy for PlasTics: Microorganism Dr Margaret Brennan Fournet, AIT Dr Paudie Murray, LIT communities for plastics bio-degradation). BioCEPT is designed to address the world’s profound waste plastic challenges. In contrast to the current “produce, use & discard” approach, BioCEPT mimics natural degradation and regeneration for the systematic bioconversion of plastic wastes into value added bio-plastics. BioCEPT provides a route to building a circular economy for plastics, which is not disruptive to global plastic dependence. The overarching purpose of BioCEPT is to bring an integrated waste plastics biodegradation and bioplastics Dr Catherine Collins, LIT Dr Sushanta Saha, LIT production technology from TRL3 to TRL5.