It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Md Shah Ikbal

Textile Processing / Sugarcane Waste

19 February 2024

The waste sugarcane bagasse-derived enzyme can meet the demands of the textiles industry as the enzymes extracted from waste sugarcane bagasse are of natural origin.

Alternative to Chemicals: Researchers Use Sugarcane Waste for Cotton Biopolishing

Researchers at the Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, have found an alternative and sustainable source of cellulase enzymes from sugarcane bagasse waste to use in textile biopolishing applications.

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