Bio renewable resources

Recently there has been a ton of talk about our environment and how the products we use affect it. Switches from plastic to cardboard straws, plastic to paper bags are just a few examples of ways people are trying to fight back. And this is what most people think when they hear the word "bio-product", a crappy alternative to a traditionally useful product. But let's be honest here, no one would rather eat ice cream with a wooden spoon rather than the plastic option, but it makes us feel better when we do. So, what do we do? can we have our cake and eat it too? But the term bioproduct is much wider definition than most of us think, for starters, many plastics can be "Bio-products" known as bio-plastics. How does this work though? IT all starts with the plant, all plant life has carbon within them in the form of cellulose and hemicellulose, which are long chains of enzymes that are broken into fermentable sugars such as glucose and xylose through processes ...

   Wood: The Pluses, the Minuses, and the Neutrals From the forest floor to the framework of our homes, wood has molded the path of human development since the beginning. In Unit 3 , we explored how this renewable material moves from living trees to lumber, to paper, and various different things we interact with every day. But how “good” is wood, really? Let’s take a look at the pluses, minuses, and neutrals of wood. The Pluses: Renewable, Strong, and Surprisingly Modern Wood is the most  widely used biorenewable material  on Earth. Unlike steel or concrete, trees are renewable, they regrow, they capture carbon dioxide during photosynthesis, locking it away. ( Lesson 17)  This natural carbon storage helps offset emissions from harvesting, processing, and transportation. Lesson 17 New designs like  cross-laminated timber (CLT)  and  glulam beams  are changing construction for the better. CLT panels can rival steel’s strength at a fraction ...