When by-products become drivers of innovation in the wood industry!
Turning residues into added value: bio-based innovations for the wood industry!
The Renewable Materials Research Center (CRMR) is proud to announce the participation of Professor Véronic Landry as well as doctoral students Assira Keralta and Laura Chrétien (Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Université Laval) in the Tempête des sciences event, a biennial scientific symposium organized by Cégep Garneau. This activity is aimed at students in natural sciences and seeks to foster direct contact with current university research and its concrete applications.
The event, held on April 16, 2026, was held under the theme «Croiser les savoirs, créer demain,» highlighting interdisciplinarity and scientific innovation as essential drivers in addressing current challenges.
In their lecture titled  « Transforming Residuals into Potential: Wood Reinvented through Bio-based Approaches », the speakers presented an innovative approach to valorizing coproducts from various sectors, including microbreweries, agri-food, textiles, and forestry processes. These residual materials, often underutilized, nonetheless represent a rich source of compounds that can be transformed into high value-added materials.
The work presented demonstrates how these resources can be integrated into polymer systems to develop new adhesives with improved performance. These innovations also contribute to optimizing the dimensional stability of wood, a key issue for its industrial applications, while enhancing its durability against usage constraints and environmental conditions.
This approach is fully aligned with a circular economy and sustainable development perspective, promoting the revalorization of local resources and reducing raw material waste. It thus opens the door to a new generation of bio-based materials that are more efficient and better suited to current environmental challenges.
Through this presentation, the speakers provided a concrete and up-to-date overview of advances in renewable materials science, generating strong interest among the student community.
The CRMR reaffirms its commitment to the dissemination of scientific knowledge and to the visibility of research in renewable materials within the student community.
