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[News] Industrialization of agricultural waste based packaging materials

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Aug 02,2025

Indian scientists transform agricultural waste into sturdy fungal packaging replacing plastic.

[News] Industrialization of agricultural waste based packaging materials
[News] Industrialization of agricultural waste based packaging materials

Indian scientists use bagasse and other agricultural wastes to cultivate mycelium (such as Ganoderma lucidum and Pleurotus ostreatus) and develop packaging materials that can replace plastic foam.This not only realizes the resource utilization of waste, but also the material based on waste cardboard and Ganoderma lucidum cultivation has significantly higher strength than traditional foam plastics (such as EPS), while possessing good water resistance.

This technology has profound significance, providing a sustainable conversion path for over 4 million tons of plastic waste and 350 million tons of agricultural waste in India each year, effectively reducing landfill burden, incineration pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, it creates high-value exports of agricultural waste, perfectly aligned with the concept of circular economy.

For the pulp molding industry, this innovation is highly inspiring and has great potential for synergy. One of its core raw materials is papermaking waste (waste paper, cardboard), which is highly consistent with the direction of using recycled fibers in the pulp molding industry. In the future, the use of technology to process more types of agricultural fiber waste (such as straw, bagasse, and other raw materials that the pulp molding industry is also concerned about) is expected to further broaden the source boundaries of sustainable packaging materials and jointly promote the accelerated transformation of the packaging industry towards greener and more efficient resource recycling.

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