Growing environmental awareness is pushing to reduce the use of plastics, which has led to cardboard being an attractive option due to its biodegradability and recyclability.

The food and beverage industry is increasingly turning to the use of materials made from cardboard for packaging, but there is still a need to innovate in new, more environmentally sustainable applications.

The BIONTZI project focuses on the revaluation of a resource of biological and renewable origin such as the cuttings of the cardboard industry, through different processes, a high value-added bioproduct is obtained for cardboard-based packaging for the food sector.