04/11/2020 – Bioplastics films from cotton to substitute plastics
DNFI Award 2020
Dr Noureddine Abidi, Professor and Director, Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute, Texas Tech University, has won the 2020 Discover Natural Fibres Initiative Innovation Award.
At the beginning of this year, Elke Hortmeyer, Head of Communications and International Relations for the Bremen Cotton Exchange, has agreed to take the honorary chairmanship of DNFI for one year. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
The Innovation in Natural Fibres Award has been granted by the DNFI since 2017 and honours outstanding scientific achievements in the field of natural fibres. © Mathias Ulrichs/Bremer Baumwollbörse
Dr. Abidi has developed a process to produce a plastic substitute from cotton by dissolving the fibres to form a gel which can be transformed into bioproducts, including plastic films. © dnfi.org
At the beginning of this year, Elke Hortmeyer, Head of Communications and International Relations for the Bremen Cotton Exchange, has agreed to take the honorary chairmanship of DNFI for one year. © Bremer Baumwollbörse