The present disclosure relates according to some embodiments to methods and systems for deriving odor and moisture absorbing products from a microcrop (e.g. photosynthetic aquatic species). More specifically the present disclosure relates in some embodiments to forming an absorptive product from Lemna including an animal litter an animal bedding a diaper product a spill clean up product and any combination thereof. A process for forming an absorbent product from a microcrop may comprise the actions of (a) lysing the microcrop to generate a lysed microcrop (b) separating the lysed microcrop into a solid fraction and a juice fraction (c) processing the solid fraction to generate an absorbent solid and/or (d) forming by a shaping unit the absorbent solid into pellets or granules that may be incorporated into the absorptive product. An absorptive product may have odor reducing properties that are due in part to chlorophyll (e.g. from a microcrop).
