Designed to care, engineered to fade away

What is ANIPH?

In nature, there is no such thing as waste. Elements like carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur move through ecosystems in endless cycles—constantly transforming, renewing, and returning to the earth. This principle of circularity is at the heart of ANIPH.

Inspired by these natural loops, ANIPH reimagines plastic as something that doesn’t persist, but gently fades away in all environments. This EU-funded project will replace the fossil-based plastic with bio-based and fully biodegradable plastic products (BBpPs).

Designed to return to the environment without leaving a trace, these materials offer a path towards a more sustainable future—closing the loop between innovation, healthcare and nature.

What does ANIPH do?

The project focuses on developing a new range of BBpPs products, specifically designed for humanitarian contexts where proper waste management is not feasible:

• Single-use wound dressings: engineered to offer modern wound care solutions while ensuring their environmental impact is minimized
• Water-barrier packaging: designed to be recyclable and biodegradable across all relevant environments (soil, freshwater, marine), supporting both product integrity and ecological responsibility.
• AI predictive traceability system: enhancing biodegradation forecasting, material property analysis, and product lifecycle transparency.

What ANIPH is pursuing?

By creating these biobased and biodegradable solutions, the project aims to reduce the impact of microplastic pollution and provide sustainable alternatives to fossil-based plastics, addressing the specific needs of challenging environment contexts such as natural disasters or armed conflicts. More specifically, ANIPH aspires to:

• Yearly savings of 22.43 kt of crude oil.
• Reduction of 43% in the CO₂ emissions for what concerns fossil-based packaging, 68% compared to fossil-based wound dressing materials.
• Recirculation of 1,475 kt of biomass.
• Avoidance of 12.93 kt of hazardous substances.