#agricultural residues

There are many agricultural residues, but which plant-based residues are actually generated in agriculture around the world? 🌿

Agriculture does not only produce food and raw materials, but also enormous amounts of plant-based material that is left over after harvest or generated during processing. Depending on the crop and region, these are very different materials that have so far largely gone unused.

With sugarcane for example, bagasse is generated after processing, meaning the fibrous press residues that remain after juice extraction. With oil palm, large amounts of leaves, stems and fruit bunch residues are left on the fields after harvest. Rice straw is generated in enormous quantities after the rice harvest, especially in Asia, and is often simply burned. And with sugar beet, pulp and residues are generated that have so far been used primarily for energy.

What all these residues have in common: they are generated anyway, are currently often disposed of in environmentally harmful ways or simply overlooked, and contain plant-based fibres that could be developed as an industrially usable raw material.

At eco:fibr this is exactly the question we work on, starting with the residues of the pineapple plant. Because the potential that lies in plant-based agricultural residues is far from exhausted. 🍍♻️

The list is longer than you might think, stay tuned! 🌿