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Maize cob boards

Maize Cob Boards

Organic materials are gaining more relevance in the production of bio-plastics. Rather than growing plants solely for the production of materials, more and more waste products generated in agricultural and food production processes are used for light weight components such as structural panels. One example is Maize Cob Board, which is currently [...]

Collecting Water

In recent days we  have featured  bottled water and the much more sustainable use of tap water on this website. Whilst in our western societies we simply open the tap and are provided with the best quality water, large sectors of the world’s population do not have access to sufficient clean water. Watercone – a [...]

August and September on the allotment

Summer has come and gone on our allotment. It has been a wonderful summer and the harvest has been excellent …

 

By August growth is very well established and although it is still necessary to water most of the plants can manage for a few days without our tending. This is really fortunate as we were [...]