Technology/Solutions Overview:

Commercialising quality bio-based materials from biomass waste remains challenging despite the sustainability merit and promising market value. Concern is often expressed over the stable supply of compliant feedstocks in view of the broad biomass varieties, of which the compositions vary with plant species, sourcing locations, and upstream processing. This project aims to unleash the potential of biomass by addressing how the compositional variation impacts the end-product quality and formulating solutions to quality control.

Benefits and Impact:

The project will foster a circular bioeconomy, which captures carbon in forms of food, waste, and materials in a closed loop, in alignment with the national and international net-zero agenda. Such an approach offers an innovative avenue to upcycle biomass into a new class of products beyond biogas and compost, building a resilient network of bioresource utilisation.