Tech | August 25, 2010 | 2 comments

100% Renewable, Biodegradable Fake Wood

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Despite the threat of deforestation, people and industries still need wood to manufacture certain products, or do they? What if an environmentally friendly replacement for wood could be developed? Germans Juergen Pfitzer and Helmut Naegele have created an alternative to wood called ArboForm. This sustainable plastic-like material is made from lignin, a component of wood and a by-product of the paper manufacturing process.

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2 comments // 100% Renewable, Biodegradable Fake Wood

  • s_peak
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      s_peak  

    • There's another solution. It's called hemp. It sequesters CO2 incredibly well, it grows fast for cheap (in just about any climate) and yields more paper (or "wood") per acre than any tree. Marijuana aside... hemp needs to be legalized. Before it was outlawed in the US, farmers were REQUIRED to grow it.

    • 1 year ago
  • littlwarrior
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      littlwarrior  

    • So it still comes from wood, therefore we still need to cut down the forest to do this. Deforestation could be solved by proper forest managment and diversafication of building materials. The honest truth is trees are one of our greatest resources, we just need to manage their use better. Well that and the world all together just needs to make fewer babies we are out growing our planet and it will kill us.

    • 1 year ago
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