Inulin biopolymer as a novel material for sustainable soil stabilization.

ABSTRACT: The development of new urban areas necessitates building on increasingly scarce land, often overlaid on weak soil layers. Furthermore, climate change has exacerbated the extent of global arid lands, making it imperative to find sustainable soil stabilization and erosion mitigation methods. Thus, scientists have strived to find a plant-based biopolymer that favors several agricultural waste sources and provides high strength and durability for sustainable soil stabilization. This contribution is one of the first studies assessing the feasibility of using inulin to stabilize soil and mitigate erosion. Inulin has several agricultural waste sources, making it a sustainable alternative to traditional additives. Soil samples susceptible to wind erosion were collected from a dust-prone area in so

SUBMITTER: Deylaghian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11680679 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature