Integrated Pathways: Advancing Safe and Sustainable by Design Material Innovation through Collaborative Wisdom

DESIDERATA aims to develop safer and sustainable alternatives to substances of concern with flame retardant, plasticiser, and surfactant properties through

the EU's Safe and Sustainable by Design framework.

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Innovation Action

DESIDERATA is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action bringing together 16 partners across 13 European countries to advance safe and sustainable chemical innovations.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Research and Innovation program (IA in the Digital, Industry and Spaces areas) under grant agreement N° 101178011 and from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).

The challenge: Substances of Concern

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Harmful Substances

Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins, halogenated flame retardants and PFAS pose significant health and environmental risks.

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Essential Functions

These substances provide crucial flame retardant, plasticiser, and surfactant properties in many products.

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Need for Alternatives

The EU Chemicals Strategy calls for safer and sustainable alternatives to support environmental protection and supply chain resilience.

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Safe and Sustainable by Design Framework

The EU's Safe and Sustainable by Design framework guides the development of chemicals and materials to be inherently safer and impact less across the entire life cycle.

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Integration

Fully implemented

solutions

Trade-Offs

Balancing safety, sustainability and performance

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Environmental Sustainability

Life cycle assessment and circularity evaluation

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Safety Assessment

Hazard screening and

risk evaluation

Five Innovative Use Cases

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Graphene in Lubricants

Replacing MCCP's with graphene-based materials in industrial lubricants and metalworking

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Halogen-Free Flame Retardant Thermoplastics

Developing safer flame retardants for electrical and electronics applications

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PFAS-Free 3D Printing

Graphene-based flame retardant compounds for additive manufacturing

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Graphene as Plasticiser

Using graphene in polymer coatings to replace PTFE in anti-stick applications.

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Inorganic Polymers

Developing geopolymers from waste streams as alternatives to aluminium-containing construction materials.

Project Objectives

Alternatives for Substances of Concern (SoC)

Develop new materials

Create SSbD compliant alternatives to substances of concern

Enhance interoperability

Improve data sharing across the value chain

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Promote safer substances

Advance market uptake of sustainable alternatives

Maximize impact

Foster collaboration with the industry and the civil society

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Demonstrate the SSbD framework

Test and validate the framework through real industrial use cases

Comprehensive Methodology

DESIDERATA employs a holistic approach to chemical / material replacement, providing support across multiples dimensions to ensure successful implementation.

Safety Assessment

Evaluating hazards and risks

throughout the lifecycle

Environmental Sustainability

Conducting life cycle assessment and

circularity evaluations

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Economic Viability

Analyzing costs and market

potential

Social Acceptance

Assessing stakeholder needs and

concerns

Data Management and Interoperability

FAIR data principles

All data will be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable supporting open science practices while protecting intellectual property.

The project will utilize Entelos Cloud Platform and specialized data based to facilitate seamless data exchange across the consortium.

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Trusted Environment
Platform

A key innovation of DESIDERATA is the development of a Trusted Environment Platform for secure data exchange of informaiton between the different stakeholders involved in the SSbD process.

This platform will enable regulators, industry, and researchs to share insights while maintaining confidentiality and protecting intellectual property.

The project will utilize Entelos Cloud Platform and specialized data based to facilitate seamless data exchange across the consortium.

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Our Consortium

A consortium of 16 partners drives this transformation, combining expertise from research organizations, SMEs, corporations and academia.

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Make your expertise count

We invite you to participate in DESIDERATA's work toward safer, sustainable chemicals. By registering, you consent to becoming a stakeholder and receiving project updates.

How you can contribute:

Participate in our surveys, join workshops to help develop solutions, or share our mission with your networks.

Benefits for organizations:

Implementing Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) principles can help protect health and environment while enhancing your approach to chemical management.

Your perspective is valuable as we work to improve chemical alternatives. We welcome your participation.

Contact us:

info@desiderata-project.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Research and Innovation program (IA in the Digital, Industry and Spaces areas) under grant agreement N° 101178011 and from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).