According to designer Krista Virtanen, Kuura Saunawear proves that wood-based textile fibres play important role in the textile industry’s transition to a more sustainable future. The collection features Metsä Group’s Kuura fibre produced from softwood pulp, and it will be…
Microcrystalline cellulose, or MCC, has long been known as an important raw material in pharmaceuticals, food and cosmetics. However, its widespread use has been limited by the costly and environmentally damaging manufacturing process. Now, a new process developed at Aalto…
Although there are already small signs of economic recovery in the euro area, demand in the main market areas of the forest industry will remain weak in the current and next year due to US tariffs, the strengthening of the…
By covering the excavated waste area with a layer of biochar and other by-products, erosion of the cover is reduced and the plants thrive better. A project by the Natural Resources Institute of Finland (Luke) and the Geological Survey of…
Willow is a very suitable feedstock for biochar production, but it needs to be pre-processed into a drier and easily feedable form before pyrolysis. Different pre-treatment methods were tested at the Circular Economy Laboratory of LAB University of Applied Science…