Algreen: the first environmentally sustainable and formaldehyde-free chipboard made from recycled wastepaper and seaweed-based adhesive for furniture applications.

Algreen：首款环保可持续且无甲醛的刨花板，由回收废纸和海藻基粘合剂制成，适用于家具应用。

• 批准号: 10019928
• 金额: $ 6.69万
• 依托单位: ALGREEN LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10019928
• 关键词: Algreen; first; environmentally; sustainable; formaldehyde

Algreen aims to **firstly** achieve the development of environmentally sustainable and formaldehyde-free chipboards from **natural seaweed and wastepaper**.**Formaldehyde is a petrochemical and known human carcinogen** **associated with the development of childhood asthma (WHO)**. Commercial chipboards use formaldehyde to glue wood chips together to make indoor/outdoor furniture, such as desks, wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, beds and even baby cribs. Furniture containing formaldehyde can continue **emitting formaldehyde gas for up to 10 years**.Algreen chipboard is a natural and formaldehyde-free alternative made from seaweed and wastepaper soon entering the green furniture market. That's a reason to breathe a sigh of relief, as lots of people would need to hold their breath around chipboard and other composite products for fear of a reaction. There are so many toxic chemicals in homes that **indoor air quality is often up to 5 times more polluted than outdoor air.** This contributes to the large rise in chemical sensitivities and the spike in children's asthma rate.**Algreen uses underused seaweed and recycled wastepaper, making our production highly scalable.** Recycling is a key environmental concern, especially when it comes to paper. Not only does it help to save trees, which is crucial to the sustainability of our planet, but **recycling one tonne of paper**, also saves at least 30,000 litres of water and between 3000 to 4000 kWh of electricity. This is enough to sustain an average three-bedroomed house for a whole year. Producing recycled paper also requires a 28-70% lower energy consumption and uses less water -- there's no doubt it's the better option for the planet.However, the paper fibre becomes too degraded to be reused after being recycled **7 times**. **To extend the lifecycle of recycled wastepaper,** Algreen chipboards recycle wastepaper regardless of degradation to make sustainable furniture.Meanwhile, **the seaweed aquaculture industry is good for the economy and good for the ocean.** The process of growing seaweed is environmentally friendly. Apart from planting the seeds and ensuring the seaweed is in a clean environment, seaweed often does not need feeds or additional attention. The plants can grow naturally. Seaweed farms also create safe and healthy nursery grounds for young fish and crustaceans that can later be commercially harvested or left to improve wild population levels. Merely the presence of seaweed farms can prevent deep-sea bottom trawling in certain areas and protect the seafloor.

Algreen的目标是**首先**实现利用**天然海藻和废纸**开发环境可持续和无甲醛的硬纸板**。**甲醛是一种石化产品，已知的人类致癌物质*与儿童哮喘(WHO)的发展有关。商用刨花板使用甲醛将木片粘合在一起，制成室内/室外家具，如桌子、衣柜、厨房橱柜、床，甚至婴儿床。含有甲醛的家具可以继续**释放甲醛气体长达10年**。Algreen硬纸板是一种由海藻和废纸制成的天然无甲醛替代品，即将进入绿色家具市场。这是一个让人松一口气的理由，因为许多人需要屏息面对硬纸板和其他复合产品，以免引起反应。家里有太多的有毒化学物质，以至于**室内空气质量往往比室外空气污染高达5倍。**这导致化学敏感性大幅上升，儿童哮喘发病率飙升。**Algreen使用未充分利用的海藻和回收废纸，使我们的生产高度可扩展。**回收是一个关键的环境问题，特别是在纸张方面。这不仅有助于保护树木，这对我们这个星球的可持续性至关重要，而且**回收一吨纸**还可以节省至少30,000升水和3000至4000千瓦时的电力。这足以维持一栋普通的三居室房子一整年。生产再生纸还需要降低28%-70%的能源消耗和更少的水--这对地球来说无疑是更好的选择。但是，纸纤维在被回收**7次**后变得过于降解，无法再利用。**为了延长回收废纸的生命周期，**Algreen纸板不降解地回收废纸，制造可持续的家具。同时，**海藻水产养殖业有利于经济和海洋。**种植海藻的过程是环保的。除了播种和确保海藻处于清洁的环境中外，海藻通常不需要饲料或额外的照顾。这些植物可以自然生长。海藻养殖场还为幼鱼和甲壳类动物创造安全和健康的苗圃，以后可以商业收获或留下，以提高野生种群水平。只有海藻养殖场的存在才能防止在某些地区进行深海底拖网捕捞，并保护海底。