Energy through Waste

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)

Distillery 50 MW
Sugar 85 MW
Paper and Pulp 058 MW
Dairy 22 MW
Poultry 44 MW
Starch 040 MW
Slaughter house 00 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

Key critical instrument for the success of exploitation of Biomass as Potential Energy.

Grass root level NGOs or SHGs can play a vital role in this regard, in the collection, organisation and management of local biomass wastes.
Associations of agro-processing industries and demand side industries (potential users) can help in matching the demand supply and help in recycling waste both in the form of energy and material.
Agencies like municipalities, small-scale industrial departments, technology development boards, and pollution control boards, etc., could play instrumental roles in promoting such endeavours.
Entrepreneurs could be the link for collection, utilisation and management of waste utilisation plants.

In many agro-processing industries such as sago, rubber, and coffee, distilleries, paper pulp mills, and many other industries, a large amount of effluent is generated in processing and is presently disposed of in the field causing air, water, and soil pollution. Substantial portions are burnt, thereby not only destroying this precious renewable energy source but also causing pollution, e.g., sugarcane stalks and leafy waste that are left in the field after harvesting are burnt causing a lot of air pollution. Environment and socio-economic conditions. Present disposal and utilisation of available biomass waste causes pollution resulting in health hazards that could be reduced drastically through useful utilization and recycling of such waste.

All these biomass wastes and effluents in principle have renewable energy potential and potential for utilisation in an eco-friendly way. If this material can be recycled locally to provide energy, or value added products, it can go a long way not only in alleviating environmental Estimates of the power generation potential of some industrial wastes

Assess the availability of local biomass waste as a resource,
Assess potential demand where it can be utilised, and
Identify technological options that would be technically and-economically feasible