Hemp: A sustainable plant with high industrial value in food processing

H Yano, W Fu - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the era of SDGs, useful plants which provide valuable industrial outputs and at the same
time pose less impact on the environment should be explored. Hemp seems one of the most …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural wastes: a practical and potential source for the isolation and preparation of cellulose and application in agriculture and different industries

RS Riseh, MG Vazvani, M Hassanisaadi… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cellulose is an organic compound belonging to polysaccharides. This biopolymer is made
of glucose subunits. This compound plays an essential role in the structure and strength of …

Natural biomass & waste biomass fibers–structures, environmental footprints, sustainability, degumming methods, & surface modifications

M Shadhin, M Rahman, R Jayaraman, Y Chen… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The renewable characteristics of natural fibers have prompted consumers to switch from
synthetic and petroleum-based resources. The dimension and geometry of the cell wall and …

Global online networking for circular economy companies in fashion, apparel, and textiles industries, the LinkedIn platform

G Tsironis, KP Tsagarakis - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Circular economy (CE) principles have been employed by different industry sectors in recent
years, including fashion and textiles. This article discusses CE in the apparel, fashion, and …

Innovative mushroom-like hemp-based evaporators enhanced by biochar for efficient seawater desalination

Y Zhang, H Watanabe, J Shi, H Morikawa, C Zhu - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Inadequate access to clean water and wasteful resource consumption during production
pose significant challenges in global development. To combat these issues, interfacial solar …

Transforming non-wood feedstocks into dissolving pulp via organosolv pulping: An alternative strategy to boost the share of natural fibers in the textile industry.

RE Vera, KA Vivas, F Urdaneta, J Franco, R Sun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work evaluates wheat straw, switchgrass, and hemp hurd as potential alternatives for
producing dissolving pulp using sulfur dioxide (SO 2)-ethanol-water (SEW) pulping. The …

Optimization of pyrolysis process parameters for a higher yield of plastic oil with enhanced physicochemical properties derived from medical plastic wastes

S Vellaiyan - Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2023 - Elsevier
After the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) kits has
increased substantially to ensure workplace health. As the majority of PPE kits are derived …

Ultrasonic-assisted synthesis for the production of green and sustainable hemp carboxymethyl cellulose

M Duangrin, S Pisutpiched, A Deenu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hemp fiber (Cannabis sativa) is being widely used to produce carboxymethyl cellulose
(CMC). This study focused on synthesizing carboxymethyl cellulose from bleached hemp …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging hemp industry: a review of industrial hemp materials and product manufacturing

DR Enarevba, KR Haapala - AgriEngineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
There is a growing need for resilient and renewable materials to aid society in global
sustainability. It is incumbent upon the agricultural and manufacturing industries to work …

Polymeric materials obtained by extrusion and injection molding from lignocellulosic agroindustrial biomass

A Pacheco, A Evangelista-Osorio… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review presents the advances in polymeric materials achieved by extrusion and
injection molding from lignocellulosic agroindustrial biomass. Biomass, which is derived …