The project will investigate the possibility to use cheap rest raw materials from the Norwegian fish industry as a substrate for microbial production of high value bioplastic (PHAs) and biosurfactants. The planned inventions will enable cost competitive production of bio-based polymers from a hitherto unused rest raw material.

Project title:  Valorizing Local Marine Raw Rest Materials into High-Value Bioplastics and Biosurfactants.

• Project Duration: 2015–2016
• Project owner: NORUT (Northern Research Institute)
• Programme: MABIT (an industrial R&D program for Marine Biotechnology in Northern Norway).

Project partners:

• NORUT(Northern Research Institute)
• Nofima AS
• Norner Research AS
• Nordic Pharma AS
• Brødrene Karlsen AS

Norner project responsible: Petri Myllytie