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- Heloise Buckland: CEO and Co-Founder
Generate new revenue streams for rural communities by upcycling rice husk to create sustainable products that contribute to a circular economy.
Husk Ventures aims to increase the incomes of rice farmers’ and rural communities with access to innovative technologies and capacity building to convert rice husk into valuable products for local and
international markets.
The unique characteristics of rice husk (high lignin and silica content) make it an ideal material that benefit from being strong, fireproof, mould, and insect resistant.
Some innovations exist in the market to create alternatives to wood by mixing rice husk with plastic or natural resins to create furniture or construction materials using similar technologies to wood plastic composites (WPC).
Creating products using Rice Husk Composites is an opportunity to reduce deforestation and plastic consumption.
