Agricultural Waste Recycling
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Material that is derived from agricultural waste products.
"Every year in farm fields across North America, millions of tons of
agricultural residues, the fibrous castaways of food production--straw,
stems, and seed hulls--are burned, left to rot, or assigned to some other
undervalued fate. Fiber crops like industrial hemp, kenaf, flax and others,
that can play valuable roles in cropt rotation, are in short supply....however,
these 'ag' fibers are gaining a bit of popularity (in the building industry).
Wheat, rice, rye grass, soybean straw, bagasse, corn stalks, hemp, kenaf,
rice hulls, flax shives, sunflower stalks, and see hulls are just a few
of the many agricultural fibers finding their way into building and furniture
materials" (Building With a Vision by Watershed Media) in
such building products listed below: — Straw wheat - particle board — Linoleum — Geotextile fabrics — Geotextile landscaping materials — Wall coverings — Flooring — Insulation — Straw bale wall systems — Acoustical ceilings — Mats — Carpets — Release agents for concrete — Rammed earth wall systems — Adobe wall systems — Pavers — Timber substitutes |
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