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  2. Agricultural waste - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural waste are plant residues from agriculture. These waste streams originate from arable land and horticulture. Agricultural waste are all parts of crops that are not used for human or animal food. Crop residues consist mainly of stems, branches (in pruning), and leaves. [1]

  3. Biodegradable waste - Wikipedia

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    Transforming food waste to either food products, feed products, or converting it to or extracting food or feed ingredients is termed as food waste valorisation. Valorisation of food waste offers an economical and environmental opportunity, which can reduce the problems of its conventional disposal.

  4. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

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    A majority of food waste food is avoidable, with the rest being divided almost equally into foods which are unavoidable [clarification needed] (e.g. tea bags) and those that are unavoidable due to preference [clarification needed] (e.g. bread crusts) or cooking type (e.g. potato skins).

  5. List of naturally occurring phenethylamines - Wikipedia

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    Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi, syn. Echinopsis pachanoi contain several phenethylamines.. Naturally occurring phenethylamines are organic compounds which may be thought of as being derived from phenethylamine itself that are found in living organisms.

  6. Crop residue - Wikipedia

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    Crop residues are waste materials generated by agriculture. The two types are: Field residues are materials left in an agricultural field or orchard after the crop has been harvested. These residues include stalks and stubble (stems), leaves and seed pods. Good management of field residues can increase efficiency of irrigation and control of ...

  7. Biodegradation - Wikipedia

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    The first known use of biodegradable in a biological context was in 1959 when it was employed to describe the breakdown of material into innocuous components by microorganisms. [57] Now biodegradable is commonly associated with environmentally friendly products that are part of the earth's innate cycles like the carbon cycle and capable of ...

  8. Yellow grease - Wikipedia

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    The recycling of waste cooking oil (aka restaurant grease, used cooking oil or yellow grease) is a process known as “rendering”. During the rendering process fatty acid is separated from the moisture, the solids and any impurities that are present in the waste cooking oil.

  9. Bioconversion - Wikipedia

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    Bioconversion, also known as biotransformation, is the conversion of organic materials, such as plant or animal waste, into usable products or energy sources by biological processes or agents, such as certain microorganisms.