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Agricultural Co-Product, By-product or Waste Jargon Buster

Agricultural Co-Product, By-product or Waste Jargon Buster
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AGRICULTURAL CO-PRODUCT, BY-PRODUCTS OR WASTE
The material/product uses agricultural co-product, by-products or waste?
Co-Product e.g. milling waste not used for fuel,
Bi-product e.g. unused stem of Straw, Hemp, flax,
Waste: leaves, bark, roots, forest thinnings, husks, nut shell, coffee grounds, Animal bone, sewage,
Under valued/under used: e.g. sheep’s wool, feather
Material applications:
construction panel,
construction board,
thermal insulation,
bone used as aggregate in lightweight concrete blocks
animal sewage made into LESA lightweight expanded sewage aggregate
Reservations:
Use of synthetic, petrochemical, hazardous: treatments, binders, etc.
Exceptions/Exclusions:
No beneficial use of by-product or waste
Waste generated and stored at ground level or deposited in landfill/landrise
No or poor Animal Husbandry Stewardship schemes in place
Examples:
Animal brain and nerve tissue
Synthetic binders
Hazardous treatments added for durability
Hazardous as a waste product
Potential substitutes:
Recycled timber fibres from virgin solid wood, reclaimed or recycled wood
Secondary aggregates, recycled aggregates,
bio-plastics,
Sewage,
LECA Clay

See: Abundant Material, Agricultural Co-Product, By-Products Or Waste, Healthy Material, Renewable Materials, Rapidly Renewable Material, Non-renewable material, VOC, CAP’EM
(CAP’EM BRM ’10 & NGS BRM ’11)