Anyone concerned about the forests should buy toilet paper made from 100 percent recycled fibers or from agricultural residues.
Production of agricultural residue for use as household fuel is negligible.
This new usage of agricultural residue also reduces the negative environmental impact of large-scale stubble burning.
Organic waste and industrial and agricultural residues such as waste from the food industry are also used for biogas generation.
Xylose can be produced from wood or agricultural residues through auto- or acid hydrolysis.
Fiber dense agricultural residues, have been known as a pulp substitute for years.
Colombia has a great biomass power potential from agricultural residues (banana, coffee pulp, and animal waste).
Much of the soybean crop requires no irrigation, limited fixed nutrients, and leaves fewer agricultural residues than other crops.
Today, some people and groups advocate using field crop fibre or agricultural residues instead of wood fibre as being more sustainable.
Using waste wood and agricultural residue is one way to produce ethanol without using crops that could potentially be food sources, such as corn.