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Save Millions of Trees with Coconut Husks

Fire Resistant Coconut Husks Can Replace Wood And Save Millions Of Trees

POSTED ON MARCH 29, 2019 ENVIRONMENT By John Vibes



According to a study published in Nature, 15.3 billion trees are chopped down every year, and roughly 46% of the world’s trees have been cleared over the past 12,000 years. For most manufacturing, wood is not even necessary anymore, but unfortunately, humans have been slow to develop alternatives.

A Dutch start-up called CocoPallet is one of the companies that are working to change this. CocoPallet makes transportation pallets from coconut husks, which means that the material is 100% organic and it also being recycled from a waste product.

The process used by CocoPallet is actually cheaper than using wood, and the design is more practical and durable as well. It is estimated that the company saves roughly 200 million trees from being cut down every year since shipping pallets are used everywhere. The technology was initially developed by researchers at Wageningen University but was later commercialized by Michiel Vos, founder of CocoPallet.

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