Two types of recycled fiber - composed of either post-consumer reclaimed material or pre-consumer reclaimed material - can be used to make recycled paper.
Unique chip impregnation equipment installed at MoRe Research
MoRe Research has installed pilot equipment aimed at real time studies of the wood chip impregnation process.
Researchers make an ear with 3D printer using cellulose
Scientists at Empa have used cellulose to 3D print an ear. Cellulose is the main chemical that forms the principal structure of plants.
Researchers advance biomass transformation process
Biomass can serve as a renewable source for both energy and carbon.
Nanocardboard as a nanoscale analog of hollow sandwich plates
ABSTRACT
Corrugated paper cardboard provides an everyday example of a lightweight, yet rigid, sandwich structure.
A new process for full utilization of softwood bark
In the Finnish mechanical and chemical forestry industry, three million tonnes of softwood bark are produced annually, presently mainly used for energy production.
Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents promise to play key role in making paper industry more sustainable
PhD research carried out as part of the PROVIDES project has recently resulted in promising new sustainable hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs).
UBC researchers unlock secrets of plant development
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered an internal messaging system that plants use to manage the growth and division of their cells.
VTT developed a fully bio-based material to replace fossil-based plastics in thermally formable products
VTT has developed a thermally formable, biodegradable material, which is 100% bio-based.
New process turns wood scraps into tape
UD engineers convert commonly discarded material into high-performance adhesive
Method assembles cellulose nanofibres into a material stronger than spider silk
Researchers at KTH have produced a bio-based material that is reported to surpass the strength of all known bio-based materials whether fabricated or natural, including wood and spider silk.
UMaine researcher gets $250K to advance 'nanofibril' building materials
Mehdi Tajvidi, an assistant professor of renewable nanomaterials at the University of Maine, has been awarded $250,000 to develop next-generation floor and wall products that utilize cellulose nanofibrils, the microscopic natural structural building units of wood that are biodegradable and possess incredible strength and bonding attributes.
VTT prepares development paths towards 2050 climate goals– Finnish economy to revolve around the bioeconomy
According to VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland's calculations, if used to produce and export high value products, Finnish forest and agricultural sectors could double their value-added by 2050.
Wood formation model to fuel progress in bioenergy, paper, new applications
A new systems biology model that mimics the process of wood formation allows scientists to predict the effects of switching on and off 21 pathway genes involved in producing lignin, a primary component of wood.
Building Lithium-Sulfur Batteries With Paper Biomass
Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a patented method to use cheap and abundant paper biomass to make lithium-sulfur batteries
Towards High Efficient And High Value-Added Utilization Of Biomass
As one kind of biomass resources, wood raw materials can be used for pulping and papermaking in pulp and paper industry.
Wood to build human body parts — and other bio-innovations
Experts around the world agree that bio-based products are essential for a sustainable society.