Company Aims for ‘Moonshot’ Replacement for Trees in Paper Products with Humble Desert Plant
From the Wall Street Journal comes the story of a goldilocks discovery: a potential replacement for wood fiber that goes into making tissues, toilet paper, and paper towels. It’s called hesperaloe, and like the namesake of its last 4 letters, presents as a long-leaved succulent that grows in arid environments. Kimberly-Clark, the American firm which […]
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