UNEP Project on Waste Agricultural Biomassgec.jp/gec/en/Activities/FY2009/ietc/wab/wab_day3-1.pdfUNEP Project on Waste Agricultural Biomass ... 4 March 2010 Surya Prakash Chandak.

2010/3/25United Nations Environment Programme

Division of Technology, Industry and EconomicsInternational Environmental Technology Centre

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UNEP Project onWaste Agricultural Biomass

Waste Biomass Workshop, 4 March 2010Waste Biomass Workshop, 4 March 2010

SuryaSurya PrakashPrakash ChandakChandak



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Why Waste Agricultural Biomass?• Globally 140 billion metric tons of biomass is generated every

year from agriculture which is equivalent to approximately 50billion tons of oil. This lead to substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on two fronts:

1. Controlling the methane emissions from rotten waste biomassand CO2 from open burning

2. Replacing dirty energy source with clean energy from wastebiomass – Moreover, Agricultural biomass waste whenconverted to energy can help to reduce the dependency onfossil fuel, reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and providerenewable energy to particularly in rural areas, which still lackaccess to electricity

• Some types of waste agricultural biomass could be convertedinto useful materials. For example, compost for soil stabilizationand as a fertilizer, fibers (and subsequently cloth) can be madefrom waste banana plants and pineapple plants. Bagasse(waste biomass from sugarcane) can be converted into paper



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Converting Waste AgriculturalBiomass into Energy/Material

• Compendium of Technologies

• Assessment Methodology

• Demonstration Projects



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Compendium of Technologies

In cooperation withDevelopment Academy of the Philippines



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Conversion Routes



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Level of Technology Use

Energy

Material



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Web-based Compendiumhttp://cshd.dap.edu.ph/unep_biomass/



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Example from the Compendium



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Global, Regional & Local Data



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Assessment of Various Crops



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Assessment Methodology - 1

Guidelines

for

Characterization and Quantification

of

waste agricultural biomass



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Characterization &Quantification

Table of Contents

Preface ______________________________________________________________________ 2

ACRONYMS__________________________________________________________________ 6

1. Waste Agricultural Biomass ___________________________________________________ 7

2. Setting the Boundaries________________________________________________________ 9

3. General Principles of Data Collection and Analysis _______________________________ 11

4. Collection, Analysis and Presentation of Data – Formats and Working Example________ 20

5. Conclusions _______________________________________________________________ 32



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Assessment Methodology - 2

Guidelines

for

Assessment of

Current Waste Management System

and Gap Analysis



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Assessment & Gap AnalysisTable of Contents

Preface..............................................................................................................................................2

ACRONYMS.....................................................................................................................................6

1. Waste Agricultural Biomass Management (WABM) .................................................................7

2. Assessment of Waste Agricultural (WAB) Biomass System……..……………………….…..10

3. Policies........................................................................................................................................12

4. Institutions..................................................................................................................................14

5. Financing Mechanisms .............................................................................................................16

6. Technology .................................................................................................................................19

7. Role of Stakeholders…………………………………………………………………………..22

8. Conclusions……………………………………………………………………………………24



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Demonstration Projects

Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Sri Lanka1 July 2009 to 30 September 2010

1. Training materials on characterization and quantification of waste agriculturalbiomass and assessment of its current management system

2. Baseline report on characterization and quantification of waste agriculturalbiomass with future projections for project area

3. Baseline report on assessment of current waste agricultural biomassmanagement system and practices at national and local level

4. A report on the issues of concern5. A report on identification, assessment and selection of EST for converting

waste agricultural biomass into material/energy6. Detailed report on pilot project with economic and environmental feasibility

and recommendation on policies. This report includes detailed designs andimplementation strategy of the EST for pilot project.

7. Implementation of EST8. Training materials for operation and maintenance of EST9. Generic guidelines on the process to develop strategies and projects for

converting waste agricultural biomass into material/energy



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Thank You…

UNEP Project on Waste Agricultural Biomassgec.jp/gec/en/Activities/FY2009/ietc/wab/wab_day3-1.pdfUNEP Project on Waste Agricultural Biomass ... 4 March 2010 Surya Prakash Chandak.

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