Support structure
Sugar beet waste base
A lightweight, porous base material supports flow while creating a practical waste-derived structure for scalable filtration media.
Gro-Filter is NanoWave’s waste-derived filtration platform, combining Grow-Fix with sugar beet waste to create a plant-based filter material for water treatment. The sugar beet-derived base provides a lightweight, porous support structure, while Grow-Fix adds the active surface properties needed to attract, trap, and remove contaminants from water. Together, they produce a functional filtration medium with high surface interaction, good flow potential, and a practical route to scalable manufacture from low-cost waste feedstocks. The result is a more sustainable and commercially relevant filter technology that can help reduce reliance on conventional synthetic or high-footprint filtration materials.
A lightweight, porous base material supports flow while creating a practical waste-derived structure for scalable filtration media.
Grow-Fix contributes the active surface behaviour needed to attract, trap and remove contaminants, helping turn low-cost residues into a more capable treatment medium.
The platform is designed around manufacturability from waste feedstocks, giving Gro-Filter a practical route toward lower-footprint, commercially relevant water-treatment products.