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Circular Fiber technology

A process that converts crop residue into food-grade pulp for the packaging industry

September 2022

Circular Fiber technology

A process that converts crop residue into food-grade pulp for the packaging industry

  • World Alliance Member
  • Featured Solution
  • Labelled Solution
Label Date September 13, 2022
From India
Maturity stage TRL 9 / CRI 2 - Commercial Trial Small Scale

Crop waste contains cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose which makes them ripe for manufacturing greener products. Using our circular fiber technology, we separate these core components. We use the cellulose fibers to create various kinds of paper and moulded pulp based packaging products. Lignin and hemicellulose can be used as a starting raw material for various chemical industries. Currently, we are using lignin as a binder for our second product to make formaldehyde-free engineered boards. Our technology enables a zero-waste circular economy process, which helps the farmers by helping them earn secondary income through crop waste, the market by providing tree-free and plastic-free sustainable ingredients and the environment by preventing crop burning and reducing deforestation.

The Environmental Benefits

  • Our pulp consumes 1/3rd less water as compared to traditional process
  • Our pulp is 100% agri fibers which can be composted
  • Each 1000 tonne/year unit saves 15,000 trees from deforestation
  • 67.76% reduction of CO2 emissions as compared to traditional kraft process

The Financial Benefits

  • Increasing secondary income of farmers by 40%/ acre
  • 40% cheaper than virgin wood pulp

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Craste (Fuma Labs Private Limited)

Craste is a company which build sustainable packaging and furniture from crop waste.

Headquarters Pune, Maharashtra 411011, India
Type Company
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