The most important drivers for the development of the bio-based industry are the economic impact and process sustainability ( Nattrass et al., 2016 ).
These drivers include:
Bio-based industries are therefore in charge of using renewable biomass (i.e., any biological resource that can be used as raw material) to deliver and place in the market a full pallet of products with application in different sectors, ultimately creating new jobs opportunities and economic growth.
In the main, industrial biotechnology involves the microbial production of enzymes, which are specialized proteins.
These enzymes have evolved in nature to be super-performing biocatalysts that facilitate and speed-up complex biochemical reactions.
These amazing enzyme catalysts are what make industrial biotechnology such a powerful new technology.
The BioBarr project (“ New bio-based food packaging materials with enhanced barrier properties ”) is intended to respond to the industrial and technological challenges of developing new biodegradable food packaging materials, overcoming the barriers that have limited the applications in food packaging of 100% biodegradable biopolymers.
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