Reviving cottonseed meals adhesives potential
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 06:00
in Earth & Climate
Cottonseed meal—the leftovers after lint and oil are extracted from cottonseed—is typically fed to ruminant livestock, such as cows, or used as fertilizer. But Agricultural Research Service scientists in New Orleans, Louisiana, have other plans for this byproduct of U.S. cotton production—namely, to make interior wood adhesives.