Converting Waste Agricultural Biomass into a Resource - UNEP

• Basic technology information 9 such as those in the technology data
sheets, including crop, residue, process, equipment, main product and
by-product;
• Technical component- input and output capacity, equipment/s needed
in the conversion process and efficiency of equipment;
• Environmental Component- pollution disposal and control, fossil fuel
displacement, compliance to regulatory standards, among others;
• Social Component- potential hazard to community, local acceptability,
job generation and other benefits;
• Economic Viability- capital outlay and return of investment, loans and
subsidies and incentives, and
• Possible Barriers to Developing Countries- insufficient capability to
operate machinery, lack of fiscal incentives to project holders, need for
policy measures, among others
Summary of Technology Entries
A. Waste Biomass Resources
For a comprehensive global assessment of waste biomass resources,
including waste biomass generation and projection, as well as potential
use and equivalent GHG reduction, please see the Report on the Global
Assessment of Agricultural Biomass Waste Resources.
The major crops and waste utilized in the Compendium’s technology
entries are the following:
Crop
Waste
• Coconut - Fronds, husk, shell
• Coffee - Hull, husk, ground
• Corn - Cob, stover, stalks, leaves
• Cotton - stalks
• Nuts - Hulls
• Peanuts - Shells
• Rice - Hull/husk, straw, stalks
• Sugarcane - Bagasse
• Agricultural Crops - Mixed agricultural crops, not limited to crop
waste
• Mixed type - Agricultural crops and waste including
non-organic wastes
9 The same information is provided in the assessment to make it user-friendly.
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