{"id":27227,"date":"2024-01-08T19:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T18:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/?p=27227"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:18:15","slug":"valorizacionderesiduosvegetalesparasuempleocomomaterialdeconstruccion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/en\/2024\/01\/08\/valorizacionderesiduosvegetalesparasuempleocomomaterialdeconstruccion\/","title":{"rendered":"Valorisation of Plant Waste for Use as a Construction Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<article style=\"font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;max-width: 800px;margin: 2rem auto;background-color: #fff;border: 1px solid #B6A19E;border-radius: 8px;padding: 2rem;line-height: 1.6;color: #000\"><!-- TITLE AND SUBTITLE --><\/p>\n<header style=\"border-left: 8px solid #A6192E;padding-left: 1rem;margin-bottom: 1.5rem\">\n<h1 style=\"margin: 0;font-size: 2rem;font-weight: bold;color: #000\">Valorisation of Plant Waste for Use as a Construction Material<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0.3rem 0px 0px;font-size: 1.1rem;font-weight: 400;color: #444444;text-align: justify\">Building construction has a significant impact on the global environment through the energy consumed during construction, use and demolition, as well as the energy required to provide buildings with essential services and the embodied energy of the materials used. Agriculture generates waste that is not always managed appropriately from an environmental or economic perspective. Deforestation also highlights the need to find suitable alternatives to timber. Plant waste consists of lignocellulosic fibres, similar to those found in wood, which can be used in construction components.<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<table style=\"border: none\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27233\" src=\"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/files\/2026\/01\/image_5624a6b59d-300x221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/files\/2026\/01\/image_5624a6b59d-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/files\/2026\/01\/image_5624a6b59d.png 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27230\" src=\"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/files\/2026\/01\/image_7f935180af-300x138.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/files\/2026\/01\/image_7f935180af-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/files\/2026\/01\/image_7f935180af.png 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<section><\/section>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem\">\n<h3 style=\"background-color: #a6192e;color: #fff;padding: 0.5rem 1rem;border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;font-size: 1.1rem\">TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION<\/h3>\n<div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #B6A19E;padding-left: 1rem;background-color: #f9f9f9;padding: 1rem\">Development and validation of different strategies for valorising waste generated during the cultivation and management of various crops, including grapevines, rice, palm trees, mulberry, cotton, almonds, hemp, olives, sorghum, citrus fruits and common reed, to produce a range of new materials with low embodied energy. Manufacture of particleboards and panels that comply with the relevant European EN standards and can be used in furniture, packaging, partitions and building envelopes. These materials aim to improve energy efficiency, reduce pollution and emissions to the air, water and soil through increased carbon sequestration, and use raw materials and energy more efficiently. Particleboards have already been manufactured using various types of plant waste as raw materials.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS --><\/p>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem\">\n<h3 style=\"background-color: #a6192e;color: #fff;padding: 0.5rem 1rem;border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;font-size: 1.1rem\">TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS<\/h3>\n<div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #B6A19E;padding-left: 1rem;background-color: #f9f9f9;padding: 1rem\">\n<div class=\"w-full px-3 rounded-xl print:!w-full\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"w-full my-8\">\n<div class=\"w-full px-1 !max-w-full prose fcircular prose-stone prose-headings:text-green-innova prose-ul:leading-tight dark:prose-headings:text-stone-300 prose-li:marker:text-green-innova prose-p:text-justify prose-a:text-green-innova hover:prose-a:text-teal-500 prose-img:shadow-md prose-img:w-full prose-img:rounded-xl dark:prose-p:text-stone-400 dark:prose-li:text-stone-400\">\n<p>The panels produced have been tested in accordance with the applicable European standards, with promising results for use in the construction sector, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Furniture<\/li>\n<li>Building partitions<\/li>\n<li>Interior cladding<\/li>\n<li>Joinery<\/li>\n<li>Thermal insulation<\/li>\n<li>Acoustic insulation<\/li>\n<li>Fire-resistant components<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- ADVANTAGES AND INNOVATIVE ASPECTS --><\/p>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem\">\n<h3 style=\"background-color: #a6192e;color: #fff;padding: 0.5rem 1rem;border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;font-size: 1.1rem\">ADVANTAGES AND INNOVATIVE ASPECTS<\/h3>\n<div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #B6A19E;padding-left: 1rem;background-color: #f9f9f9;padding: 1rem\">\n<p>The particleboards being developed require less energy to manufacture than conventional industrial boards. Commercial particleboards manufactured using conventional dry processes typically require the raw material to be air-dried, crushed and then dried in industrial dryers. These processes generally use temperatures of 180\u2013200\u00b0C and pressures of around 3.5 MPa. They also commonly use urea-formaldehyde adhesives, which may pose carcinogenic risks and are subject to increasingly strict restrictions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The particleboards manufactured by our research team have the following characteristics:<\/li>\n<li>Crushing requires the same or less energy, as plant waste is easier to crush than the trunks of tree species.<\/li>\n<li>Pressing takes place at temperatures of 110\u2013150\u00b0C and pressures of 2.1\u20132.6 MPa.<\/li>\n<li>Natural binders such as lignin, starch and citric acid are used to bind the particles, producing a fully biodegradable material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Using plant waste to manufacture particleboards therefore offers two key advantages: significant environmental benefits and lower energy consumption during production compared with conventional industrial processes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- DEVELOPMENT STAGE --><\/p>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem\">\n<h3 style=\"background-color: #a6192e;color: #fff;padding: 0.5rem 1rem;border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;font-size: 1.1rem\">DEVELOPMENT STAGE<\/h3>\n<div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #B6A19E;padding-left: 1rem;background-color: #f9f9f9;padding: 1rem\">Laboratory prototypes of particleboards measuring 40 \u00d7 60 cm have been developed using waste from grapevines, rice, palm trees, mulberry, cotton, almonds, hemp, olives, sorghum, citrus fruits and common reed. These prototypes have demonstrated promising physical, mechanical, thermal, acoustic and fire-resistance properties. Moving towards an industrial-scale prototype would require suitable equipment to manufacture boards ranging in size from 205 \u00d7 122 cm to 488 \u00d7 250 cm.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- APPLICATION SECTORS --><\/p>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem\">\n<h3 style=\"background-color: #a6192e;color: #fff;padding: 0.5rem 1rem;border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;font-size: 1.1rem\">APPLICATION SECTORS<\/h3>\n<div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #B6A19E;padding-left: 1rem;background-color: #f9f9f9;padding: 1rem\">\n<ul>\n<li>Construction Industry and Sustainable Architecture.<\/li>\n<li>Furniture Industry and Interior Design.<\/li>\n<li>Agricultural Waste Management Companies.<\/li>\n<li>Insulation Material Manufacturers.<\/li>\n<li>Packaging Industry and Eco-Friendly Packaging Solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR --><\/p>\n<section style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem\">\n<h3 style=\"background-color: #a6192e;color: #fff;padding: 0.5rem 1rem;border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;font-size: 1.1rem\">PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR<\/h3>\n<div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #B6A19E;padding-left: 1rem;background-color: #f9f9f9;padding: 1rem\"><strong>Manuel Ferr\u00e1ndez-Villena Garc\u00eda <\/strong> \u2013 University Institute for Research and Innovation in Agri-Food and Environmental Sciences (CIAGRO)<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTACT --><\/p>\n<footer style=\"border-top: 2px solid #A6192E;padding-top: 1rem;margin-top: 2rem\"><strong>Contact details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;font-weight: bold;color: #a6192e\"><strong>KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SERVICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.3rem 0\"><strong><a style=\"color: #a6192e;text-decoration: none\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Email:<\/span> transferencia@umh.es<\/a><\/strong> <strong>Tel: +34 96 522 2599<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Website: <\/span><a style=\"color: #a6192e;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transferencia.umh.es<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valorisation of Plant Waste for Use as a Construction Material<br \/>\nBuilding construction has a significant impact on the global environment through the energy consumed during construction, use and demolition, as well as the energy required to provide buildings with essential services and the embodied energy of the materials used. 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