But plant-based ‘bioplastics’ are not new. The first man-made plastic was made in 1862 using cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, pre-dating the petroleum-based plastics that ...

Cellulose Blow-in cellulose insulation has ... green builders and consumers are turning to soy-based foam. This spray foam is ...

researchers detail the invention of a fabricated foam that relies solely on hydrogen bonding between protonated chitin nanofiber sheets and cellulose fibers. Experiments measured adsorption ...