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Cleaning products, medicine, suncream and cosmetics from rice straws

Date:September 26, 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Plant Name:

    Rice

Residue Name:

    Stems/Stalks

End Products

Medicine

Antibacterial ointments

Others

suncream,make-up,soap

Application

  • Production of cleaning products, medicine, suncream, make-up

Description

A scientist has discovered a way of using one of the world’s most abundant natural resources as a replacement for manmade chemicals in soaps and thousands of other household products.An innovative research project led by the University of Portsmouth, has demonstrated that bails of rice straw could create a ‘biosurfacant’, providing an alternative non-toxic ingredient in the production of a vast variety of products that normally include synthetic materials which are often petroleum based.

Pathway Description:

The scientists used a microbial fermentation process to convert the rice straw into a soap-like substance.

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Tags: Rice Straw UtilizationSoap From StrawCleaning products from waste

End Products

Medicine

Antibacterial ointments

Others

suncream,make-up,soap

Feedstock

Types of Feedstock

Primary agricultural residue

Name

Rice straws

Form

Solid biomass

Commercials

Widely available globally; over 700 million tons produced annually as agricultural waste

Logistics

Readily transportable in bales

Characteristics

High cellulose content

Pathways

Biological

microbial fermentation

Stakeholders

Educational Institution

University Of Portsmouth