Tag Archives: Agricultural wastes

Wealth from Kitchen Waste

Poonam Kasturi calls herself Compost Wali. On a unique mission, she wants ordinary Indians to feel empowered, make a ‘clean’ difference to the society, by converting waste into useful compost in a simple and cost effective manner. Her...

Material Exchange

Success stories-Material exchange At a small coastal Industrial zone Kalundborg near Copenhagan an exemplary material exchange is being practiced. The exchange involves a 1500M.W. Power plant,(Asuaes Power Station),a 3.2 million metric tones...

Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection in Tanneries

The high BOD from distilleries has been a cause of major environmental concern over the years. They have also been covered under the Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection 2003, in India, wherein it has been provided that a system...

Waste to Ethanol

Reuse and recycling of wastes has great economical promise. Industrial woody waste, agricultural wastes, pruned branches, bagasse and chaff can be gainfully recycled to produce Ethanol. The Technology centers round recycling, material recovery...

Myrada Krishi Vigyan Kendra

The main objective of technology based agriculture must be to reduce the input costs for small and marginal farmers and at the same time increase the yield. Agriculture scientists would like the farmers to realise that reduction of chemical...

Activated Carbon From Waste

Coconut shells, palm kernel shells and sawdust, other raw materials such as corncobs, rice hulls and vegetable wastes can also be used to produce activated carbon. From Walnut shells Walnut shells serve as an alternative source of  Activated...