YFY says biopulping straw residue can doubling global pulp supply

Biofuels Digest
Jim Lane
July 3, 2012

In China, after more than 10 years of research and development, YFY announced that it has moved NPulp from green chemistry concept to reality. Through biopulping – a proprietary enzymatic process that eliminates the use of harsh chemicals when converting straw to straw pulp – YFY Corp. plans to take advantage of the more than 600 million tons of agricultural straw biomass available in China.

That represents a potential supply of 345 million tons of biopulps, equal to the amount of wood pulp produced globally every year. In China, under current practices, after farmers harvest their crops, they are left with large amounts of residual straw, of which more than 90% is burned off to clear the fields for more planting. The burning straw contributes to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

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