Is wheat straw the next big thing in natural fibers? Maybe so, according to a new report from environmental nonprofit Canopy. During the pilot, wheat straw was baled in Punjab and Haryana, India, ...

Traditional forms of thermal insulation used to regulate temperatures in homes and commercials buildings are often energy-intensive to manufacture, resulting in significant greenhouse gas emissions. A ...

The straw leftover from harvested wheat could be turned into bio-based chemicals that offer high greenhouse gas savings and do not compete with food supplies or damage ecosystems. The wheat stalks ...

Lack of roughage for ruminants due to drought in parts of Europe in 2018–2020 has reactivated the search for alternative fiber sources to forage. Cereal straw is widely available. In Germany alone, ...

Typically baled, burned or left behind, the wheat straw market is evolving. Technology breakthroughs combined with sustainability awareness and the renewable movement have elevated wheat straw and ...

The role of photodegradation, an abiotic process, has been largely overlooked during straw decomposition in mesic ecosystems. We investigated the mass loss and chemical structures of straw ...

We’re turning a lot of forests into toilet paper each year, but there are so many better ways to make the world’s most disposable product, some of which can be found right on our farms. Toilet paper ...