Bringing Green Chemical Production Forward in Central Europe

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2025-10-08

Description

Description (EN):

The aim of the GreenChemForCE project is to help reduce the negative environmental impact of the chemical industry in Central Europe. Chemical production in the region is currently far from sustainable and its significant portion had been relocated to Asia. In addition, the public image of this sector is extremely poor. This project's objective is to tackle the chemistry issues of local producers, including the generation of excessive waste and greenhouse gas emissions, their dependence on petroleum-derived materials, and the use of toxic chemicals and inefficient energy-intensive processes. To address the above-mentioned territorial challenges, a transnational consortium of experts from the academia and industry from four countries, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary and Austria, will identify the specific problems of chemical producers in the selected regions and search for approaches to solve them. We will find ways to minimize the waste production and to valorize the remaining one, to recycle critical raw materials, to eliminate the use of hazardous solvents, and also to implement advanced technologies into the processes to make them more efficient and sustainable in the long term. Transnational cooperation is crucial to the success of our efforts, as it allows for maximum integration of knowledge, expertise and experience from all the partners and countries involved. In addition, our partner industry support organizations will disseminate the results to a wider group of chemical companies and experts in the field, in order to trigger a change in the whole sector and enhance environmentally conscious chemical production throughout the Central European region. Thus, the project will contribute to the revitalization of the local chemical industry, transforming the current linear economic streams into the closed-loop circular systems, and establishing conditions for the return of chemical production back to Europe thanks to the developed green and cost-effective processes. Moreover, by raising public awareness of the green chemistry principles and training a new generation of experts, the project aims to improve the perception of the regional chemical industry by the general public and the adoption of sustainable practices by the future employees of regional companies. This may eventually lead to the desired behavioral change in both industry and end consumers. The project will also facilitate stronger connections between the partners, leading to long-term collaboration between universities, chemical companies and other organizations.

Actual Achievements (EN):

Project outputs: Expert consortium for sustainable plastic management in Central Europe(EN)
Strategies for sustainable plastic management in Central Europe(EN)
Pilot actions for sustainable plastic management in Central Europe(EN)
Solutions for sustainable plastic management(EN)
Strategies for low carbon footprint chemical industry in CE(EN)
Technologies for minimizing CO2 impact on the Central European region(EN)
Technological solutions for low carbon footprint chemical industry in CE(EN)
Strategies for green production of chemical products in Central Europe(EN)
Pilot actions for reduction of the waste material in preparation of fine chemicals(EN)
Reduction of waste in preparation of fine chemicals(EN)
Pilot actions for greener preparation of fine chemicals(EN)
Advanced technologies towards effective processes(EN)

Thematic information

ICT and digital society Waste and pollution

Priority: (VI-B_CE_2) Cooperating for a greener central Europe

Priority specific objective: RSO2.6. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility

Type of intervention: 069 Commercial, industrial waste management: prevention, minimisation, sorting, reuse, recycling measures

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Univerzita Karlova

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999923434

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ00216208

Department: Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science

Address: Ovocný trh, 116 36 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Department address: Hlavova, 128 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://cuni.cz/

Total budget: EUR 352 700.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 282 160.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 70 540.00

VTL GmbH

Name: VTL GmbH

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 885676446

Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU76693017

Address: Rudolf-von-Alt-Platz , 1030 Wien, Austria

Legal status: private

Organisation type: SME

Website: https://www.viennatextilelab.at

Total budget: EUR 151 853.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 121 482.40

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 30 370.60

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Štajerska gospodarska zbornica

Name: Štajerska gospodarska zbornica

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI29710065

Address: Ulica talcev, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.stajerskagz.si

Total budget: EUR 136 852.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 109 481.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 27 370.40

Univerza v Ljubljani

Name: Univerza v Ljubljani

Department: Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999923240

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI54162513

Address: Kongresni trg, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department address: Večna pot, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.uni-lj.si/

Total budget: EUR 301 850.40

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 241 480.32

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 60 370.08

Technische Universität Wien

Name: Technische Universität Wien

Department: Institute for Applied Synthetic Chemistry

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999979888

Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU37675002

Address: Karlsplatz, 1040 Wien, Austria

Department address: Getreidemarkt, 1060 Wien, Austria

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.tuwien.at/

Total budget: EUR 211 850.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 169 480.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 42 370.00

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem

Name: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem

Department: Kémiai Intézet

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999896468

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU15308744

Address: Egyetem tér, 1053 Budapest, Hungary

Department address: Pázmány Péter sétány, 1117 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.elte.hu

Total budget: EUR 201 847.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 161 477.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 40 369.40

Servier Gyógyászati Vegytani Kutatóintézet Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság

Name: Servier Gyógyászati Vegytani Kutatóintézet Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 968826495

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU13735630

Address: Záhony utca, 1031 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Enterprise, except SME

Website: http://www.servier.hu/pages/srimc.aspx

Total budget: EUR 151 850.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 121 480.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 30 370.00

Zentiva k.s.

Name: Zentiva k.s.

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ49240030

Address: U Kabelovny, 102 37 Praha-Dolní Měcholupy, Czech Republic

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Enterprise, except SME

Website: https://www.zentiva.cz/

Total budget: EUR 201 847.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 161 477.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 40 369.40

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Svaz chemického průmyslu České republiky

Name: Svaz chemického průmyslu České republiky

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 942672579

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ16193725

Address: Rubeška, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: https://www.schp.cz/

Total budget: EUR 61 854.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 49 483.20

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 12 370.80

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VTL GmbH

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Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Štajerska

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University of Ljubljana

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Vienna University of Technology

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Eötvös Loránd University

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The Servier Research Institute of Medicinal Chemistry

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Zentiva k.s.

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Association of Chemical Industry of the Czech Republic

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Charles University

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Summary

Project name (EN): Bringing Green Chemical Production Forward in Central Europe

Project acronym: GreenChemForCE

Project ID: CE0200857

Project start date: 2024-06-01

Project end date: 2026-11-30

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

Chemmultimodal (Multimodal Transports in the Chemical Industry in Central Europe, SCHP CR) (EN) | Chemmultimodal was focused on the more effective and safe transport of chemical goods. Products analysed with the current project are applicable also to outcomes of the Chemmultimodal project. (EN), Biomates (Reliable Biobased Refinery Intermediates, SCHP CR) (EN) | The Biomates project was focused on the development of motor fuel based on renewable sources. Products analysed with the current project are extending the scope and options for such an application. (EN), BLUETOOLS - a 4-year EU HORIZON (HE-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-07) project (SRIMC) (EN) | A 48-month project whose objective is to unravel the potential of the marine microbiome for healthier oceans and the Blue Bioeconomy. The activities include the identification of new biocatalysts of marine origin for industrially relevant synthetic transformations.
The identified enzymes could be applied directly in some of the planned activities of this project. (EN), PLATIRUS, H2020-SC5-2016-2017 (TU Wien) (EN) | The project dedicated to platinum group metals recovery using secondary raw materials brought know-how for the extraction of valuable components from industrial waste that can be directly applied to this project. (EN), COLABATS, FP7 ENV.2013.6.3-1 (TU Wien) (EN) | The developed processes for the recycling of the critical metals cobalt and lanthanides and key economic metals nickel and lithium, from waste batteries will provide input for waste valorization in this project. (EN), CARBOFLOW, H2020 I.1. ERC-2020-COG Consolidator Grant (TU Wien) (EN) | Development of catalytic procedures for streamlined CO2 conversion brings key know-how on catalyst design and continuous flow processes, valuable tools for process intensification, a key aspect in the GreenChemForCE project. (EN), GreenDigiPharma – Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral network project (UL) (EN) | The project on Green and digital continuous-flow pharmaceutical manufacturing (2023-2026) offers a significant opportunity to boost productivity, improve competitiveness and reduce the large environmental footprint of the pharmaceutical industry by promoting the adoption of novel technologies, i.e. flow synthesis instead batch processes, heterogeneous nano and biocatalysis in lieu of homogeneous catalysts, renewable carbon sources, novel purification methods, and digitalization tools. Synergies with WP3 of this proposal are expected. (EN), BioInDES – Slovenian – Croatian project ARRS J4-4562 (UL) (EN) | In the project Biocatalytic process intensification using deep eutectic solvents in microflow systems for sustainable waste valorization (2022-2025), a continuous bioconversion of CO2 into methanol and of furfural to its high-value derivatives using deep eutectic solvents (DES) and immobilized biocatalysts in microflow systems comprising multienzymatic reactions and integrated product removal is envisaged. Synergies with WP3 of this proposal are expected. (EN), H2O2 on a chip – Slovenian project ARRS L2-3161 (UL) (EN) | The outcomes of the project H2O2 on a chip: intensification of continuous synthesis of high-purity hydrogen peroxide by application of an electrocatalytic microreactor funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (2021-2024), which is performed in collaboration with Belinka Perkemija, might be further upgraded in this project (WP2). (EN), COMPETE - H2020 ERA Chair project (UL) (EN) | In 2019, a Chair of Micro Process Engineering and Technology – COMPETE centre was established at UL, aiming to build on and extend existing expertise within UL to form a new knowledge centre that will significantly improve research performance in the field of micro-process engineering, microfabrication, and micromachining. The outcome of the project that has finished in 2022 might be upgraded in WP2 and WP3 of the current project. (EN), SRIP CE (Research and Innovation Partnership – Networks for the Transition to a Circular Economy) - a long-term project (CCIS) (EN) | SRIP CE is a connection of all relevant stakeholders in Slovenia aiming to transition to circular economy. CCIS is the manager, NIC (National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia) is the co-founder. It focuses its activities towards three important areas for the proposed project, Sustainable energy, Biomass and alternative raw materials and Green processes and technology. It functions as innovation cluster and provides advocacy to its members. We will make use of the experiences of SRIP as well as intertwine the already on-going activities. (EN), REBUILT- a 3-year Interreg Cetral Europe project (CCIS) (EN) | The synergy between projects could address plastic waste management and promote a circular economy through knowledge exchange, research, and pilot projects, seeking practical solutions for plastic waste recovery, advocating for stronger regulations, raising awareness, and building capacity to reduce plastic waste to create economic opportunities from recycling. (EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 772 503.40

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 418 002.72

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 418 002.72. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Analysis report
Strategy document
Pilot action report
Report on implemented solution
Analysis report
Strategy document
Pilot action report
Report on implemented solution
Analysis report
Strategy document
Pilot action report
Report on implemented solutions
Pilot action report
Report on implemented solutions

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EuropeanGreenDeal The project will effectively contribute to achieving the targets set in Chemical Strategy for Sustainability being a part of the European Green Deal.
i) The development of greener methods to produce biodegradable plastics is aligned with the European Council policy to reach the target of recycling 50% of plastics packaging by 2025 and 55% by 2030 in the European Union. By producing packaging plastics that can be easily recycled, the goal is to decrease the amount of landfill in central Europe (work package 1).
ii) Minimization of waste and redesigning of industrial systems will contribute to the new EU Circular Economy Action Plan (2020) by reducing toxic waste in chemical processes, reducing energy requirements and consumption of precious transition metals, which also constitute key points of sustainable chemistry (work package 2 and 3).
iii) The introduction of greener solvents are key requirements for sustainable development in the production of fine chemicals and advanced materials with new or improved physical and chemical properties. Additionally, the development of synthetic processes avoiding the generation of waste materials or, if this is not possible, finding ways to convert these to value-added compounds is consistent with the goals of green, and specifically circular, chemistry (work package 2 and 3).

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2025-10-08

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

100 / 100 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 013 / 1 011 (100.2%)

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