biorefineries

Wood, grasses, cereals and many more – lignocellulosic biomass is all around us, and so is lignin! Even if most have never heard of it, lignin is a big part of the bio-based polymers that surround us and that we unknowingly use or “produce” in our daily lives.

Lignin from the Latin word lignum, which means “wood,” refers to the importance of the molecule in the structure of wood and plants. Lignin, the second most abundant polymer in the world.