Dive Brief:
- Farm and forestry waste can be transformed into gas-like fuel using a new process derived from plant materials. This discovery may expand the market for plant-based fuels.
- Chemists who invented the new technique say the source material for the fuel is municipal green waste, straw and corn stalks. The bio-fuel is touted as inexpensive and practical.
- UC-Davis has applied for provisional patents for the process.
Dive Insight:
With more communities expanding recycling programs to include organics such as yard waste, a fuel derived from green waste could open the door for a greater amount of cities to increase the scope of organic collection programs.
