BIODEGRADABLE MOLDING HAVING WATER-ABSORBING AND WATER-RETAINING PROPERTIES AND BASE FOR FLOWER ARRANGEMENT OBTAINED FROM THE MOLDING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a molding suitably usable as a base for flower arrangement having biodegradability and water-absorbing and water-retaining properties.;SOLUTION: The molding is obtained by solidifying natural organic material-based waste materials, such as coconut husks, kenaf, bagasse, sawdust, coffee grounds, malt draff, chaff derived from barley and wheat threshing, residues of Chinese medicine, starch pulp, nutshells, and pecan shells, using a biodegradable material composable of aqueous gel as a binder.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT