The project aims to use agricultural residues and waste materials as biogenic materials to replace fossil raw materials, thereby promoting resource conservation and sustainability. By using residues (instead of fresh biomass), additional land use for raw material production can be avoided, which potentially makes the process more environmentally friendly.

Objectives:

1. Potential: The aim is to investigate which bio-based residues and co-products from Lower Saxony are suitable for plastics technology and how they can be used innovatively in previously untapped fields of application.
2. Processing: Processes are being developed to process these residues (e.g. washing, drying, shredding) so that they are industrially usable, storable and suitable for application-oriented use.
3. Use in biocomposites: The use of selected biogenic residues in biocomposites as fillers and reinforcing materials, as functionalising additives or even as fermentation media is being investigated.

The residual materials and co-products are evaluated in terms of their suitability as fillers, reinforcing materials or additives. At the same time, tests are carried out to determine whether certain residual materials can be used as raw materials for fermentation (e.g. as a liquid medium). The focus is on the widest possible use, i.e. use in various materials and formulations, so that all components of plastics or composite materials are covered.