Port Huron, Michigan -- Blue Water Bioproducts, based in Port Huron is planning to turn waste from paper-making into polyols to make polyurethane with, reports local paper The Times Herald.
A 1 Feb story in the online report said the company recently gained a $3000 prize for second-place as an emerging business at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest 13th annual Business Plan Competition.
Paper mills throw away waste containing lignin, and it is this that Blue Water Bioproducts aims to use in its patented process, to convert the lignin into polyols.
Michigan State University's Bioeconomy Institute is helping Blue Water Bioproducts with scaling up itsa process into a commercial operation.
