Date Palm Tree Waste Recycling: Treatment and Processing for Potential Engineering Applications

Date palm, the most important tree in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, produces a huge amount of waste yearly in the form of fibrous materials, dried fruits, and seeds. Such waste is a great source of excellent degradable biomass that can be used in numerous applications as natural fiber composites...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-02, Vol.14 (3), p.1134
Main Authors: Faiad, Ali, Alsmari, Muath, Ahmed, Mohamed M. Z., Bouazizi, Mohamed L., Alzahrani, Bandar, Alrobei, Hussien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activated carbon
Alternative energy sources
Biomass
Cellulose
Feeds
Fiber composites
Fibrous materials
Industrial applications
Lignin
Mechanical properties
Nutrition
Physical properties
Raw materials
Seeds
Sustainability
Tensile strength
Trees
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Summary:Date palm, the most important tree in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, produces a huge amount of waste yearly in the form of fibrous materials, dried fruits, and seeds. Such waste is a great source of excellent degradable biomass that can be used in numerous applications as natural fiber composites, active carbon precursors, and even nano-featured sheets. That rich resource is yearly burned on date palm farms due to the lack of effective processing strategies. This review offers a scientific evaluation for date palm waste in terms of specifications and applications, and it proposes pre-treatment processes to produce fibrous and powder raw materials to be used in some engineering and industrial applications. Additionally, some possible advanced industrial applications, such as active carbon and natural fiber composites, will be discussed and reviewed.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14031134