Straw is commonly used for feeding animals, burning, baling, etc. As one of the "Three Canton Treasures", straw can actually be used as a raw material to produce biofuel. A collaborative research ...

For every tonne of rice produced, about a tonne of straw is grown. Given 770m tonnes of rice are produced each year, that’s a lot of straw. Some of this straw is used as livestock bedding and fodder, ...

A new study published in Biochar shows that the water naturally present in plant biomass is not merely a processing obstacle.

Clothing the planet without relying on petrochemicals is possible. It just requires a great deal of willpower, investment and focused collaboration. Also rice straw, although there is already plenty ...

Rice straw is the waste product of growing rice. Normally, it is simply burned adding sooty pollution to the local air and nudging up atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. What if there were a better ...

The plant refines waste rice straw fibers, which have the same properties as typical wood-based MDF fibers but without added chemicals Site preparation is underway for the new CalPlant facility, which ...