Action at a Glance
About ENFiber
Transforming Food Waste into Opportunity
ENFiber (European Network for Valorizing Food Processing Waste into Sustainable Fibers) is COST Action CA24111, a four-year European research and innovation network running from 23 September 2025 to 22 September 2029.
Established under Memorandum of Understanding 020/25, ENFiber brings together researchers, industry representatives and policymakers across seven Working Groups to coordinate knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration on the potential valorization of underused food-processing by-products as fiber sources. The Action aims to advance extraction and characterization approaches and to assess technical performance, environmental and economic considerations, regulatory requirements and potential applications.
ENFiber in Brief
SCIENCE
Scientific Excellence
Advance sustainable fiber extraction, characterization and scale-up through interdisciplinary research.
CAPACITY
Capacity Building
Build expertise through Training Schools, mobility grants and knowledge exchange across the network.
IMPACT
Sustainability Impact
Turn underused food-processing by-products into valuable resources with environmental and societal benefits.
INDUSTRY
Industry Collaboration
Connect research with industry, regulatory requirements and market-oriented product development.
NETWORK
Open Collaboration
Bring together researchers, innovators, policymakers and emerging professionals across Europe and beyond.