Food-Waste Nanocellulose Turns Desert Sand Into Fertile Sponge (IMAGE)

Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts

Food-Waste Nanocellulose Turns Desert Sand Into Fertile Sponge

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Pineapple-peel fibrils cut water leakage by 90 % and triple phosphate retention, offering a zero-cost route to reverse desertification

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Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates

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