Updated on 1 September 2025
Sustainable Packaging Innovation: Compostable & Paper-Recyclable Biomaterials
About
Dear All,
We are Hera Materials, an MIT-born, female-led startup developing next-generation biomaterials to replace fossil-based plastics. Our flagship innovation, Woodpack, is a flexible film made from cellulose fiber and local biomass. It is compostable under natural conditions, recyclable within the existing paper stream, and produced through an electrified, AI-optimized process that reduces energy consumption by up to 89% compared to traditional plastics.
We are currently exploring the formation of an international consortium under the Eureka/Eurogia2030 framework to accelerate the development, validation, and scaling of sustainable packaging solutions. Our goal is to bring together industrial partners, research institutions, and technology developers who share our commitment to the circular economy, climate action, and innovation in materials science.
We would be delighted to connect with potential collaborators, present our proposal, and explore synergies with your Cluster and partners. Together, we can build a global pathway to eliminate plastic waste and create sustainable value chains.
Best regards,
Jose Antonio
Stage
- Already defined
Topic
- Enabling technologies | Manufacturing and machine learning, e.g., to increase the flexibility of industrial processes, modular approaches, reduce use of materials, quality assurance and certification of products)
- Enabling technologies | (Advanced/smart) Sensors, e.g., enabling materials, components and product flows measurement
- Enabling technologies | (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
Type
- Consortium seeks Partners
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Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Mixed Plastic Recycling at low Temperatures - Demo Plant
- Early idea
- Expertise offered
- Consortium seeks Partners
- Enabling technologies | (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
- Enabling technologies | AI-driven diagnostic systems, e.g., for assessing the viability of reused, remanufactured, and recycled components
- Enabling technologies | Manufacturing and machine learning, e.g., to increase the flexibility of industrial processes, modular approaches, reduce use of materials, quality assurance and certification of products)
Robert Kunzmann
Co-founder & COO at AC Biode
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Project cooperation
- Already defined
- Expertise offered
- Consortium seeks Partners
- Enabling technologies | (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
- Enabling technologies | (Advanced/smart) Sensors, e.g., enabling materials, components and product flows measurement
Dante Jorge Dorantes Gonzalez
Professor at MEF University
Istanbul, Türkiye
Project cooperation
- Already defined
- Consortium seeks Partners
- Enabling technologies | Robotic / handling - and assistance systems
- Enabling technologies | (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
- Enabling technologies | (Advanced/smart) Sensors, e.g., enabling materials, components and product flows measurement
- Enabling technologies | Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT, big data analytics) for monitoring and managing circular value chains
- Enabling technologies | Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management – e.g., Digital Twin / Digital Product Passport
- Enabling technologies | Tools and solutions addressing challenges emerging from product focused regulations (such as the ESPR)
- Enabling technologies | Reverse Manufacturing (e.g. adaptive automation for high variance, sorting, sophisticated logistic systems)
- Enabling technologies | AI-driven diagnostic systems, e.g., for assessing the viability of reused, remanufactured, and recycled components
- Enabling technologies | Manufacturing and machine learning, e.g., to increase the flexibility of industrial processes, modular approaches, reduce use of materials, quality assurance and certification of products)
Angeles Ibaibarriaga
Founder at Segunda Generación SpA
Lolol, Chile