Environmental-Friendly Bio-technologies for Sustainable Agrowaste Management
Agricultural wastes – global problem Environmental impact Recycling of wastes Disadvantages (cost intensive, unsafe, requires treatment, high energy requirement, environmental unfriendly) Physical, Chemical, Biological methods Value added for Economic development 3R concept is a must Concept of sustainable development Why biological methods? Cheap, safe and effective Utilization of agrowastes for the production of added value and commercial products Viable large scale operation of enzymatic hydrolysis with low production cost Environmental friendly system/process Reproducible, efficient, low operational cost, non-detrimental approach & good quality products Strategic management of agricultural solid wastes Dried palm kernel cake Empty fruit bunches Sugarcane bagasse Oil palm shells Oil palm fresh fruit fibers Paddy straws Some of the lignocellulosic materials from Malaysian agrowastes Malaysian golden crop