But plant-based ‘bioplastics’ are not new. The first man-made plastic was made in 1862 using cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, pre-dating the petroleum-based plastics that ...

In 2024, it achieved the number one ranking, which is recognition from Canopy, a non-profit environmental organization that evaluates companies based on their sustainability practices. These accolades ...

The "metagenomic 'dark matter' enzyme" breaks cellulose to help other enzymes turn it into sugar, which is crucial for ...

Cellulose is everywhere. In fact, it is the most abundant organic molecule on the Earth! It’s in (but not limited to) our food, clothing, and plastics, and the cellulose compound nitrocellulose is ...

It was once believed that cellulose was the structural material in the cell walls of all green plants. Now it appears that other substances are employed for this purpose in certain marine algae ...

Officials during the signing of the JDA between Birla Cellulose and LNJ Bhilwara. Credit: Grasim Industries Ltd. The joint ...

San Francisco-based Rubi, a company focused on sustainable manufacturing, has secured a $969,961 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ...

Cellulose producer Suzano halts investing further into Woodspin's future. Negotiations with Spinnova for exclusivity rights ...

Birla Cellulose is working toward the development of graphene-enhanced viscose fibers for textile manufacturing.

Aditya Birla Group's viscose staple fibre business Birla Cellulose is exploring manufacturing viscose fibres reinforced with graphene to be used in textile production. Along with Grasim Industries, ...