Tshepo Mangoele is CEO and founder of LignOrganic, the company extracts lignin from plant matter to make other products, like bio coal which is a fossil-free fuel.Chemical engineer Tshepo Mangoele recalls experimenting in his kitchen as a student to find ways to repurpose plant matter.
A South African startup has developed a way to turn plant waste like sawdust and macadamia nut shells into useful, eco-friendly products such as bioplastics, fuel and even coal. Unfortunately, the South African market was not ready for fibre packaging at the time. Mangoele explained there were issues with getting the right machinery to process the plants in South Africa. But all his work was not lost because he discovered lignin."Through all of that stress, I discovered that the black liquid that comes out [of the plant] is lignin," he said.Lignin is found in the cell walls of plants. It is also a by-product of the pulping industry.
LignOrganic now offers a range of products which can be developed using lignin. This includes the development of eco-friendly cosmetics and skincare brand O'Phyll. Through a chemical process, lignin is extracted from saw dust. The lignin can also be used to create a UV blocker, found in sunscreens.The lignin-based sunscreen is not harmful like those which include toxins that can be damaging to coral reefs when they get washed into the ocean, he explained.
The lignin is also used to make other bio-based chemicals like bioethanol - a fuel, and even bio-coal.
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