…Good news this week on that front. ChloroFill and Chromatin announced a collaboration to harvest Chromatin sorghum for the production of ChloroFill’s building products. This represents the first use of Chromatin’s proprietary sorghum for the manufacture of renewable building materials.
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ChloroFill’s cost-competitive panels made with a formaldehyde-free binder contribute to sustainable building and to healthy indoor environments free of pollutants. Their fiberboard panels can be used in many of the same applications as bamboo plywood, exotic hardwoods and other engineered wood panels. Designer applications include counter tops, architectural elements, wall and ceiling coverings, furniture, cabinetry, wainscoting, doors and flooring.
ChloroFill’s first commercial-scale manufacturing plant in Nodaway County is slated to produce materials in early 2013.
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Sorghum is a water and nutrient efficient crop that yields large quantities of environmentally friendly biomass. It can be grown on over 80% of the world’s agricultural land. ChloroFill will produce its sorghum-based building panels in northwest Missouri, where the first Chromatin Sorghum 90-acre trial crop was planted in June 2012 with the support of Northwest Missouri State University. After only 5.5 inches of rainfall, the crop grew nine feet in less than four months
Read More: ChloroFill, Chromatin partner on sorghum for renewable building materials : BioBased Digest.