ReSolve, a €4.3 million EU project focused on replacing traditional, fossil-based solvents, was officially launched today. Led by the University of York, the project consortium is comprised of 11 partners from 5 different countries, including Circa Group subsidiary company Circa Sustainable Chemicals UK Ltd.

ReSolve, an abbreviation of ‘Renewable solvents with high performance in applications and improved toxicity profiles’, is a three-year project looking for alternatives to substances categorized as very high concern (SVHC) under European REACH regulation. ReSolve answers the BBI-2016-R06 call on ‘Bio-based alternatives to improve protection of human health and the environment’.

The project is set to demonstrate production of novel alternatives to replace toxic solvents toluene and NMP, create an additional pipeline of bio-based solvents, establish a toxicological safety testing strategy and evaluate possible production processes of the most advanced bio-based solvent candidates, benchmarked against conventional solvents.

Bio-based solvent producer, Circa Group, noted its own Furacell™ platform, which will demonstrate and produce new, renewable solvents for ReSolve.