Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
👋 Hi everyone!Our recent life-cycle assessment ♻️, based on primary, real industrial data 🏭 , reveals that transportation and chemical additives are major drivers of global warming potential in molded wood-cellulose trays 🌍 🌡️. Insights from the ESB-UCP Universidade Católica Portuguesa team study pinpoint these critical areas, providing a crucial baseline for benchmarking our project’s […]
Valorization of Rice straw
👋 Hi everyone !! Happy Monday ☺️ 💡 Can rice straw revolutionize packaging? We think so! Our Pulp and Paper Institute team is actively developing molded fiber products and paper sheets from this abundant resource 🌾 . Imagine the possibilities for sustainable food packaging and paper 🗒️! What other sustainable materials should we be exploring? […]
Valorization of Crab Shell and Fish Skin
👋 Hi everyone! 🌊🐚 Exciting times at Tarsus University! TU team is diving into work package 2, transforming red crab shells and fish skins into valuable biopolymers like chitosan, gelatin, and collagen. 💪✨ Not only are they extracting these materials, but they are also analyzing their chemical composition, microscopic structures, and unique properties as foam […]
Paper out: Hemp cellulose-based aeogels and cryogels
From hemp waste to food absorbents: A sustainable solution We are excited to share our latest research on developing innovative materials from hemp waste. Our work focuses on creating aerogels and cryogels, two versatile materials with a wide range of applications. By utilizing hemp waste, we’re not only creating valuable materials but also promoting sustainable […]
Directly from the lab: Rice straw paper
Did you know rice straw can be turned into paper? 🌾 Our partners in ICP-Pulp and Paper Institute at Ljubljana-Slovenia have made it happen! This eco-friendly material is just the beginning. From this cellulosic material several different applications can be developed. Thus, a world-wide abundant residue, such as rice straw, can be transformed into useful […]
Paper out: Cellulose Cryogels with Polyhydroxyalkanoates
⚗ Revolutionizing cryogels! Our new biotech approach creates water vapor-resistant cryogels with improved integrity. Our research presents a novel biotech method to create water vapor-resistant cryogels with improved integrity. We successfully transformed rice straw into nanofibrils and used live cells to deposit PHA particles within the cryogel pores. This innovative approach resulted in a 6-fold […]
Avocado peel extracts and seed starch
👋 Hello everyone! Kicking off our Materials Innovation series: From Waste to Wonder! 🗑️ 🥑 The Food Packaging Group at IATA-CSIC is finding innovative uses for agroindustrial residues. They are currently working with 🥑 avocado peels and seeds, extracting valuable compounds like avocado peel extracts (polyphenols) 🧪 and starch 🍚. These extracts are being characterized […]