In the UK, EcoTextile News reported that researchers at the University of California Riverside (UCR) have unveiled a pilot-scale ‘cleaner’ biomass processing plant that claims to turns low-value forestry and agricultural waste into high‑grade textile pulp.
The two‑storey facility, housed at UCR’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE‑CERT), uses a patented co‑solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation (CELF) process to convert materials such as forest thinning debris, orchard prunings and corn stalks into dissolving pulp suitable for rayon and lyocell production, according to the report.
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