Engineered from upcycled agricultural and plastic waste to eliminate the highest energy bottlenecks in industrial water treatment.
Review TechnologyTextile dyeing and paper manufacturing account for roughly 20% of global industrial water pollution, discharging an estimated 200,000 tons of toxic synthetic dyes annually.
While industrial Activated Carbon (AC) removes dyes, it fails mechanically. AC is a fine powder. Removing it from treated water requires heavy decanter centrifuges that draw approximately 1.8 kWh/m³. Furthermore, producing standard coal-based AC emits up to 18.28 kg CO₂e/kg.
We extract cellulose fibers from waste wheat straw and chemically break down PET plastics to recover terephthalic acid. Using low-heat synthesis (60°C), we grow Iron Metal-Organic Frameworks (Fe-MOF) directly onto the cellulose fibers.
Because the active MOF crystals are anchored to macroscopic plant fibers, the material handles like wet paper pulp. It captures anionic dyes efficiently, but separates from water using a basic gravity mesh screen.