Algreen: The feasibility study on commercializing Algreen fully biodegradable and VOC-free chipboard to the Chinese furniture industry.

Algreen：将Algreen完全生物降解且不含VOC的刨花板商业化到中国家具行业的可行性研究。

• 批准号: 10018397
• 金额: $ 2.68万
• 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=10018397
• 关键词: Algreen; feasibility; study; commercializing; fully

**VISION**Algreen developed sustainable and cost-effective chipboards from natural seaweed and wastepaper. Algreen chipboard using eco-friendly seaweed-based adhesive rather than petrol-based adhesive to glue the wastepaper chips. Thanks to Algreen's novel technology, Algreen chipboard is high-scalable, environmentally sustainable and VOC-free.**PROBLEM**Traditionally, chipboard is made by mixing particles or flakes of wood or jute-stick together with a resin and forming the mixture into a sheet. Chipboard is widely used for building construction and household furniture such as kitchen cabinets, bookcases, doors, windows, and covering the walls and floor.Most commercial chipboard is environmentally unfriendly, which contains highly toxic and carcinogenic adhesive, formaldehyde, which releases formaldehyde gas (VOC) into the atmosphere. Furniture containing formaldehyde can continue emitting small amounts of gas for up to 10 years.**MARKET**The global chipboard market reached a value of £15 Billion in 2020 (CAGR of 4.4% during 2021-2026).Countries including China, the United States, and Germany account for the largest markets in the furniture industry. China is the dominant exporter of wood furniture to the EU.China is the largest market base in the Asia-Pacific region, owing to its ever-increasing population, rising income, and rapid urbanization. It is also one of the major manufacturing hubs for almost every industry.After COVID, market recovery is speculated to be witnessed. Thus, the projected growing construction and furniture industries are expected to boost the demand in the local particle boards market in the post-pandemic recovery period.**ALGREEN SUSTAINABILITY**Recycling is a key global environmental concern, but 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 between 28-70% less energy consumption and uses less water.Open ocean seaweed farms can improve water quality. The World Bank predicts that achieving a global production of 500 million tons of seaweed by 2050 would absorb 10 million tons of nitrogen, which is 30% of the nitrogen estimated to enter the ocean, and 15 million tons of phosphorus. That same seaweed production of 500 million tons would consume 135 million tons of carbon, which is 3.2% of the carbon added to seawater each year from GHGs emissions.

**愿景** Algreen 利用天然海藻和废纸开发出可持续且经济高效的刨花板，使用环保的海藻基粘合剂而不是汽油基粘合剂来粘合废纸片。高可扩展性、环境可持续发展且不含挥发性有机化合物。**问题**传统上，刨花板是通过将木材或黄麻颗粒或薄片与树脂混合在一起并将混合物成型为刨花板广泛用于建筑和家居家具，如厨柜、书柜、门、窗以及覆盖墙壁和地板。大多数商业刨花板不环保，含有剧毒和致癌的粘合剂甲醛，会释放出甲醛。甲醛气体 (VOC) 进入大气中。含有甲醛的家具可以持续排放少量气体长达 10 年。**市场**全球刨花板市场价值达到 150 亿英镑。 2020年（2021-2026年复合年增长率为4.4%）。中国、美国和德国等国家占据家具行业最大的市场。中国是欧盟木制家具的主要出口国。中国是最大的市场。由于其人口不断增加、收入不断增加以及快速的城市化，它也是几乎所有行业的主要制造中心之一。在新冠疫情之后，市场正在复苏。因此，预计建筑和家具行业的增长预计将在大流行后的恢复期提振当地刨花板市场的需求。**ALGREEN 可持续发展**回收是全球关注的一个关键环境问题，但尤其如此。就纸张而言，它不仅有助于拯救树木（这对我们地球的可持续发展至关重要），而且回收一吨纸张还可以节省至少 30,000 升水和 3000 至 3000 升水。 4000 千瓦时的电力足以维持一栋普通三居室房屋一整年的需求。生产再生纸还需要减少 28-70% 的能源消耗，并且使用更少的水。开放式海洋海藻养殖场可以改善水质。世行预测，到2050年，全球海藻产量达到5亿吨，将吸收1000万吨氮，占估计进入海洋的氮的30%，并吸收1500万吨氮。同样，生产 5 亿吨海藻将消耗 1.35 亿吨碳，相当于每年因温室气体排放而添加到海水中的碳的 3.2%。