SOAP FROM STRAW-INDIAN SCIENTISTS DEVELOP ECO FRIENDLY INGREDIENT FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTE

摘要

A scientist has discovered a way of using one of the world's most abundant natural resources as a replacement for man-made chemicals in soaps and thousands of other household products.An innovative research project,published this month and led by the University of Portsmouth,has demonstrated that bails of rice straw could create a’biosurfacant',providing an alternative non-toxic ingredient in the production of a vast variety of products that normally include synthetic materials which are often petroleum based.The biotechnology project set out to solve one of the planet's most pressing environmental problems,looking for a way of reducing the amount of manmade chemicals in everyday life.It has been co-supervised by the University of Portsmouth's Centre for Enzyme Innovation,working in conjunction with Amity University in India and the Indian Institute of Technology.