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An Intensive Approach to the Renewable Energy Recovery from Agro Waste—A Review

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Agricultural residues are wastes generated whilst growing and processing these goods. The residues of agriculture are produced from numerous activities like cultivation, aquaculture, and livestock production. Wastes generated in the field or after processing in industries are multiphase and multicomponent. All three forms, liquid, solid, and gaseous wastes are generated by the agriculture sector which tends to pollute soil, water, and air. Waste causing environment degrading ability needs immediate attention. For ages, food and agro-wastes were either burnt or allowed to decompose in fields, but this can be possibly harmful to the environment. With the progress in technology, new approaches concerning their utilization, reuse, and processing need to be established to permit its sustainable utilization of residues and reduce pollution. Agricultural wastes are potential renewable energy resources. It is important to develop proper waste management strategies as it is the only best solution to have a healthy environment. In this paper, we discussed various strategies and technologies introduced to manage and utilize the waste that is generated in the agricultural field or after processing agriculture-based products. Appropriate management of waste is also beneficial in deriving out the essential useful product from the waste.

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Bisht, A., Kamboj, N., Bisht, A., Kamboj, V., Bharti, M. (2022). An Intensive Approach to the Renewable Energy Recovery from Agro Waste—A Review. In: Bahukhandi, K.D., Kamboj, N., Kamboj, V. (eds) Environmental Pollution and Natural Resource Management . Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05335-1_2

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