Project Posters
Explore our collection of project posters showcasing key results, insights, and progress presented at scientific and industry events. These visuals offer a clear overview of BIOSAFIRE’s work toward safe, sustainable, and bio-based flame-retardant solutions.
SSbD in the Industrial Environment
This poster illustrates the methodology applied to the development of biobased flame retardants (FRs) to ensure that SSbD becomes an integral part of industrial product development from research to manufacturing, based on a three pillars approach whereby Research, Development and Innovation (Pillar 1) and the stages of SSbD based on the JRC guidance (2024) as applied to the project case studies (Pillar 3) are seamlessly integrated through Pillar 2, where interoperability is confirmed and decisions are taken.
The BIOSAFIRE project: application of the JRC’s SSbD framework for the development of new bio-based flame retardants
Flame retardants (FRs) comprise a diverse group of chemicals that are extensively used as additives to improve fire safety inmultiple sectors.Conventional FRs, such as halogenated FRs, pose various risks for human and environmental health, including persistence, bioaccumulation, and other harmful effects, which have led to some of these FRs being classified as substances of very high concern (SVHC) under REACHregulation. Moreover, due to their extensive use, FRs can bewidely detected in various environments as contaminants.All the aforementioned lead to the restriction and banning of some FRs in the EU in accordance with the REACH regulation and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), which resulted in an urgent need to develop new less hazardous alternatives. Some of those alternatives are already in themarket.However, information gaps regarding their safety can be found, so their innocuousness cannot be assured.
Fire Performance of Thermosetting Resins with Bio-based Additives for Sustainable Flame Retardant Applications
The BIOSAFIRE project investigates the potential use of bio-based additives, including unmodified and chemicallymodified lignins and tannins, to improve the fire performance of thermosetting resins,
offering a sustainable alternative to conventional flame retardants.While the project explores both additives, this study focuses on the effect of lignins when incorporated into conventional polyester
and bio-based epoxy resins. The aim is to develop environmentally friendly flame-retardant solutions for high-performance industries, particularly the naval and railway sectors, where fire safety is
essential.
The BIOSAFIRE project: application of the JRC’s SSbD framework for the development of new bio-based flame retardants
Flame retardants (FRs) comprise a diverse group of chemicals that are extensively used as additives to improve fire safety inmultiple sectors.Conventional FRs, such as halogenated FRs, pose various risks
for human and environmental health, including persistence, bioaccumulation, and other harmful effects, which have led to some of these FRs being classified as substances of very high concern (SVHC)
under REACHregulation.Moreover, due to their extensive use, FRs can bewidely detected in various environments as contaminants.All the aforementioned lead to the restriction and banning of some FRs
in the EU in accordance with the REACH regulation and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), which resulted in an urgent need to develop new less hazardous alternatives. Some of those
alternatives are already in themarket.However, information gaps regarding their safety can be found, so their innocuousness cannot be assured.