Sentences with phrase «waste plant matter»
Critics say the technology to turn fibrous, waste plant matter into fuel has been much slower than industry projections (ClimateWire, July 29).
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Peeing into a compost heap helps to decompose the plant matter and kitchen waste.
Some plants rely on ammonia and other nitrogenous wastes incorporated into the soil by decaying matter.
That's lots of grain and plant matter which means it's not so easy for your dog to digest and it can produce more waste.
To make matters worse, if we built wind to 20 % penetration, most of that money will be * wasted * if we build nuclear or renewable resources to 100 %, because these plants are non-emitting and uneconomical to run as load - followers.
With competition for plant waste among cellulosic ethanol plants, landscapers, and a range of other users, added to the fact that millions of cell phones are made each year, it could quickly become yet another burden on the earth to be using so much compostable, good - for - the - soil plant matter for cell phone frames.
biomass the total quantity of living matter in a particular habitat; plant and organic waste materials used as fuel and feedstock in place of fossil fuels
With car demand expected to grow 12.5 % this year, China, which already has the world's largest biofuels plant, is working with European agencies to see how plant matter and animal waste - based fuels might serve as alternatives to fossil fuels.
25X more efficient than CO 2 Methane is produced by bacteria breaking down wastes in oxygen - free environments, animals digesting plant matter, rice paddies (and other natural wetlands), and the burning of fossil fuels.
«For too long we've thought of treatment plants as places where we remove organic matter and waste nitrogen,» one of the scientists states.
Cellulosic ethanol, which can be derived from virtually any plant matter including farm waste, looks particularly promising.