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Fraunhofer leads project developing bio-based adhesives for folding boxes

Fraunhofer leads project developing bio-based adhesives for folding boxes

January 7, 2025 |

In Germany, folding boxes are considered sustainable packaging solutions for numerous everyday products – whether breakfast cereals, electronics, medicines, or perfumes. Made from paper and cardboard, folding boxes are resource-efficient in production, biodegradable, and easily recyclable. However, environmentally friendly adhesives are still lacking for completely sustainable manufacturing. Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research […]

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Fraunhofer researchers develop biobased flocculant to treat complex wastewaters

Fraunhofer researchers develop biobased flocculant to treat complex wastewaters

May 13, 2024 |

In Germany, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB have developed a biobased and functionalized flocculant to efficiently treat complex wastewaters. Furthermore, toxic phenols are removed from the water by the enzyme laccase in a chitosan matrix. Through flocculation, finest solid impurities are removed during wastewater purification and water treatment. Flocculants […]

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Fraunhofer researchers develop biobased synthetic rubber

Fraunhofer researchers develop biobased synthetic rubber

April 22, 2024 |

In Germany, synthetic rubber is indispensable today, especially for car tires and technical rubber goods. Until now, the raw materials for its production have largely been obtained from fossil sources. Under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, four Fraunhofer Institutes are now developing alternative, biobased raw material sources for synthetic […]

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