Dive summary:
- An Australian company says it has devised a material that uses only cellulose and water, is held together by a class of chemical bonds rather than added chemicals and that can stand in for plastic, wood or fiberglass.
- The company is called Zeo, and the material is called Zeoform, about which the inventors have posted an online video in which they say the products comes from a three-step process in which waste products with abundant cellulose, such as paper and wood, are turned into granules that are mixed with water and forma pulp.
- Zeo claims the product can be sprayed, pressed or formed and is compatible will all building techniques, so the company is hoping to crowd-source its commercial development.
From the article:
Paper is mostly made up of cellulose and is a popular source of cellulose for making Zeoform. But other sources of cellulose for Zeoform can come from hemp, cotton, jute, kenaf, sugar cane and many more. ...