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  3. New ‘green’ method to help upgrade biomass waste into valuable chemicals

New ‘green’ method to help upgrade biomass waste into valuable chemicals

University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have identified an approach to use oxygen gas to convert lignin, a byproduct of biofuel production, into a form that could allow it to replace fossil fuels as a source of chemical feedstocks.

Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/new-green-method-to-help-upgrade-biomass-waste-into-valuable-chemicals/
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