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Perspective Chapter: Environmental-Friendly Agro Waste Management

In: Solid Waste and Landfills Management - Recent Advances

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  • Duryodhan Sahu
  • Manabendra Patra

Abstract

Abundant amount of agro wastes is produced day by day globally to manage the escalating needs of billons of human population. The agro wastes are produced from various sources mainly crops left out, agro industries, aquaculture, and livestock. The major ingredient of agro wastes are of cellulose, lignin, hemicelluloses, etc. Conventionally, most of the crops left out were used for composting, animal fodder, domestic fuel, etc. Due to modernization technology in agriculture sector, people from Third World countries prefer cost-effective methods such as combustion process. Improper management of agro waste generated in the process has been contributing toward escalating air, soil, and water pollution. A proper environmental-friendly management of agro waste is the need of the time for sustainability, food, and health security of human. Lignin and hemicellulose can be used for generation of biofuels and biofertilizer. Cellulose can be sustainably used for the production of nanosilica, biodegradable polymer, paper, pulp, etc. This chapter emphasizes sustainable agro waste management without affecting the environment at lower cost in timely manner. In particular, the agro waste biomass could be used as a source of value-added bio-product, which has wide applications and impacts the bio-economy without hampering the climatic change issue.

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  • Duryodhan Sahu & Manabendra Patra, 2023. "Perspective Chapter: Environmental-Friendly Agro Waste Management," Chapters, in: Suhaiza Hanim Zailani & Suriyanarayanan Sarvajayakesavalu (ed.), Solid Waste and Landfills Management - Recent Advances, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:269717
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.107505
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    Keywords

    agro waste; composting; activated carbon; nanocellulose; biofuels; ethanol;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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