Energy
from Waste : The Bio-Char Route : Trash
to Treasure
We Humans tend to make the process as complicated
as possible by trying to improve on nature in complex machines but a simple
approach is still possible There are enough natural agencies, which are too
keen to help us in this endeavor. Science has revealed these tools and we must
use their potential to achieve the urgent call of nature
AIM
· To Mitigate energy-related environmental problems.
- · Create a local recycling systems for waste utilisation
Renewable
Energy Potential of Waste (In MW’s)
- 1.
Distillery
350 MW
- 2.
Sugar
285 MW
- 3.
Paper and Pulp 058
MW
- 4.
Dairy
022 MW
- 5.
Poultry
044 MW
- 6.
Starch
040 MW
- 7.
Slaughter house 100 MW
Generation of waste
In developing countries biomass is and will
remain a major source of energy. In India alone about
200 million
tonnes are contributed from agro processing industries. Since these wastes are
generated in a dispersed manner and as residue without any associated
commercial production costs they are either unused or used very inefficiently.
Disposal of this waste is causing environmental degradation.
In agriculturally based countries,
huge
quantities of biomass waste are generated.
Environmental Areas:
- Waste Management, Air pollution
- Agriculture
- Farm/fields in urban areas
- Agro-Processing Units
- Urban vegetable marketplaces
- Slaughter Houses
Objectives : Disposal
- We emphasise localised
recycling
of this waste as resources as well as energy
- Minimise environmental degradation due to
its improper disposal, and to conserve the environment
- To reduce environmental degradation due to
improper disposal of household and agro-residue waste
- Utilise household and agro-residue waste for
biomass energy supply through localised recycling systems
- Utilisation of biomass waste generated for
its use as a source of decentralized energy.
- By value-added products, for enhancing
environmental conservation.
By Whom
- Farmers
- Rural cottage agro-industries and their
associations
- Local government and municipal organizations
- NGOs, self help groups (SHGs)
- Low income small, and tiny agro-based
industries mostly in the unorganized sector
- Poor farmers, rural households
- Polluting, unhygienic environmental working
conditions, local environment
How
- Utilisation of biomass and other local
available wastes…
- Decentralized production of renewable energy
sources…
- Improved working conditions…
- Cleaner local as well as global environment
