Wageningen University & Research has developed a more sustainably alternative for board material. After harvest in early spring, reed is chopped and glued with binder resin, and hot pressed into panels. These panels are suitable for all kinds of applications for which wood-based chipboards are currently used, for instance as wall reinforcement, finishings or for furniture.
What’s next
Next steps for scale-up include adjusting the rheology of the resins, improving reactivity (decrease curing temperature) and gaining appreciation for better performance in terms of environmental impact and human toxicity.