Not exact matches
O'Connell said that Dell is also using packaging materials recycled from agricultural
waste, such as
wheat straw, in its efforts to accelerate innovation - goals echoed by the AAAS Research Competitiveness Program and advanced through its involvement in award programs like the Catalyst Award.
Keasling's method feeds agricultural
waste such as cornstalks and
wheat straw to E. coli bacteria engineered to break down the sugars and produce biologically synthesized hydrocarbons that burn and function just like those in fossil fuels.
A handful of other cellulosic ethanol plants, which will make biofuels from corn stover,
wheat straw and municipal
waste, plan to begin production by next year (ClimateWire, Aug. 5).
Ethanol fuel is produced from sugar cane in Brazil and from the cellulose of a wide variety of plants, including cornstalks, poplar trees, and switch grass, as well as
waste left over from the forest products industry,
wheat, oat, and barley
straw.
Advanced biofuels can be derived from lignocellulosic feedstocks, such as agricultural
waste (e.g., corn stover,
wheat straw, rice hulls), agricultural processing byproducts (e.g., corn fiber or sugar cane bagasse), forestry and wood processing
waste, the paper portion of municipal solid
waste, or dedicated energy crops such as switchgrass.
Especially in Winnipeg because there is so much ag
waste available, particularly
wheat straw and flax
straw.