Understanding the structure of wood is key to generating new sustainable product ideas and a prerequisite for the comprehensive use of wood. This allows for the production of more, better, and more valuable products from less biomass without generating new waste streams. At the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), research focuses on, among other things, the use of hemicelluloses and bark side streams, lignin research, biochar, biocomposites, value-added use of less commonly used wood species, and the links between the growth and quality of trees in differently managed forests. How could wood biomass and side streams be utilized? Here are a few examples:
- "Organic chemicals" from spruce bark for wastewater treatment
- Fast-growing hybrid aspen and willow biomass as substitutes for fossil raw materials?
Understanding the structure of wood is key to generating new sustainable product ideas and a prerequisite for the comprehensive use of wood. This allows for the production of more, better, and more valuable products from less biomass without generating new waste streams.
At the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), research focuses on, among other things, the use of hemicelluloses and bark side streams, lignin research, biochar, biocomposites, value-added use of less commonly used wood species, and the links between the growth and quality of trees in differently managed forests.
How could wood biomass and side streams be utilized? Read the latest research updates:
- The bark is a treasure trove of valuable compounds
- In the future, fish skin and wood will protect food
- Moisture protection from birch bark
- Protein produced from sawdust can be utilized as fish feed
- New products from the active ingredients of wood biomass and side streams (Tuula Jyske)
- "Organic chemicals" from spruce bark for wastewater treatment
- Fast-growing hybrid aspen and willow biomass as substitutes for fossil raw materials?
