<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">From a gardening newsletter: fyi<br><br><p><strong>NEW TYPE OF CHIPBOARD MADE FROM CORN RESIDUE. </strong>Most
people are familiar with chip board, a mixture of sawdust and resin to
produce a plywood-type product that requires the harvesting of vast
numbers of trees to provide sufficient sawdust. But few people realize
that a replacement product called corn board, developed by researchers
at the University of Illinois can be made from the residue of corn
fields after harvesting the kernel-filled cobs. Called corn stover, this
left-over biomass of stalks, dried tassels, leaves and roots is
normally ploughed back into the soil.</p>
<p> Corn Board Manufacturing Inc, founded by Lane
Segerstrom, with headquarters in McKinney, Texas, holds the rights to
the patented technology for the manufacture of corn board, made by
bonding corn stover with resin under heat and pressure. According to the
USDA, there are 80,000,000,000 pounds of stover available after
harvesting a field of corn, capable of saving millions of trees
currently used to manufacture chip board since corn board can replace
pressed wood products in thousands of applications, including sports
equipment like surf boards and skate boards to building materials like
flooring and furniture. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.cornboard.com">www.cornboard.com</a>.</p><br></div></div>