Northern Icelandic Cyanobacteria Biorefinery

Conventional petrol-based plastics are non-sustainable and damage the environment. Bioplastics offer a better alternative to them, but it is a major challenge to obtain natural products for high-performance bioplastics. Using cyanobacteria, we propose a sustainable biorefinery concept to produce PHB, a versatile platform chemical for a wide range of biodegradable plastics. Pigments separated in the process will be processed as high-value by-products and residual biomass will be developed as fish feed.