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How a Spanish Factory Turns Olive Waste into Bioplastics
Episode 76 of The Manufacturing Podcast visits a factory in Jaén, Spain, that turns olive pomace — the leftover pulp and pits from olive oil production — into biodegradable bioplastics. Co-hosts Lucas and Luna walk through the process: how the factory extracts cellulose and lignin from the waste, combines them with a natural plasticizer, and produces pellets that can replace petroleum-based plastics in packaging and agriculture. Lucas shares the numbers: 400,000 tons of olive waste generated annually in Spain alone, the factory's capacity of 20,000 tons of bioplastic per year, and the…
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