1. Waste in food and agriculture industry
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Waste in food and agriculture industry
2nd WORHSHOP
QUOVADIS – Workshop on the practice of SRF in Europe: the case of New Member States
Warsaw, Poland 23rd – 24th June 2005
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2. Waste in food and agriculture industry – introduction
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Waste in food and agriculture industry – introduction
There is in Poland waste monitoring system, however it does not monitor data accurately for energy potential assessment.
Thus evaluation has an expert character.
The waste management area, especially incineration with energy recovery is very public sensitive topic.
The SRF area in the context of green energy production lays between several polices subjects.
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3. Waste in food and agriculture industry – methodology
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Waste in food and agriculture industry – methodology
The assessment according to industrial branches
Utilization of officially available data (statistics, waste databases)
Boundary condition:
-the stress on quantity assessment
-evaluation of existing utilization
Descriptive approach when data unavailable
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4. Food industry in Poland
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Food industry in Poland
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5. Food industry in Poland
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Food industry in Poland
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6. Food industry in Poland – energy consuming
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Food industry in Poland – energy consuming
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7. THEORETICAL POTENTIAL STRAW LOSSES IN THE FIELD
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Agriculture in Poland – straw
TECHNICAL POTENTIAL for ENERGY
THEORETICAL POTENTIAL
TOTAL STRAW HARVESTED
STRAW SURPLUS
6,3 M t
NATIONAL STATISTICS, LITERATURE DATA
Total straw production
Based on:
gross straw/grain ratio
grain yields [t/ha]
cereals areas [ha/y]
13-70% of total straw depending on region
DEMAND FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTION
12,8 M t
20-80% of total straw depending on region
10-30% of total straw Straw ploughed back into the soil for N,P,K organic matter needs
21,9 M t
DEMAND FOR SOIL
2,7 M t
STRAW LOSSES IN THE FIELD

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Agriculture in Poland – straw
Less than 1% of straw surplus is currently used for energy production
Regions with relatively high share of large farms and more intensive production

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10. Conclusions There are necessary deeper (economical !) market studies
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Conclusions
There are necessary deeper (economical !) market studies
The factory level research advisable
Food industry manages its waste in the following sequence: turning back into agriculture, composting, fermentation.
Some branches have been used bio-waste for energy purposes (grain production, wood, paper sectors)
The biggest waste producers are the biggest energy consumers
Food production has often seasonal character and it must be considered
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