[EN] Coffee husk, a major lignocellulosic waste derived from the coffee industry, was first ground into flour of fine particles of approximately 90 mu m and then torrefied at 250 degrees C to make it more thermally stable ...
[EN] The use of binders as an alternative to Portland cement has gained importance in recent years. Among them, geopolymeric binders, developed by the reaction between an aluminosilicate precursor and a high alkalinity ...
Blast furnace slag (BFS)/sugar cane bagasse ash (SCBA) blends were assessed for the production of alkali-activated pastes and mortars. SCBA was collected from a lagoon in which wastes from a sugar cane industry were poured. ...
[EN] This work reports the development and characterization of green composites based on polylactide (PLA) containing fillers and additives obtained from by-products or waste-streams from the linen processing industry. ...
[EN] The present work puts the Circular Bioeconomy's concept into action, originally valorizing residues of spent coffee grains from the beverage liquor coffee industry to develop green composite pieces of polylactide ...
[EN] The present study reports on the production and characterization of a new biopackaging material made of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) derived from municipal biowaste (MBW) and produced by the ...
Vieira-De Freitas, Pedro Augusto; La Fuente Arias, Carla I.; Torres-Giner, S.; González Martínez, María Consuelo; Chiralt Boix, Mª Amparo(MDPI AG, 2021-09)
[EN] In the present study, agro-food waste derived rice straw (RS) was valorized into cellulose microfi-bers (CMFs) using a green process of combined ultrasound and heating treatments and were, thereafter, used to improve ...