Eco-friendly insulation would put rice husks and newspapers in our walls

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Three samples of the insulation, prepared for tensile strength testing

Although various uses for post-harvest rice husk waste are being explored, the stuff is still usually either incinerated, dumped in landfills, or at best composted. Soon, however, rice husks may be combined with discarded newspapers to form eco-friendly insulation.

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