The leftovers of oranges, after their juice is extracted are generally dumped just to be headed for the landfill jus to rot polluting the environment. USDA researchers have found a new use for these leftovers – extracting ethanol to fuel vehicles as an alternative to fossil fuel, — the generator of greenhouse gases claimed to increase global warming.
Until date, for decades, these orange-peel leftovers are used to make dry pellets as small profit-making cattle feed. The feed market economy not being able to meet the production costs, led the juice processors to approach US Department of Agriculture researcher Karel Grohmann.
Grohmann, based in Winter Haven found an apparently simple solution — ethanol, a natural biofuel, generally extracted from corn and sugar cane. To carry on with the venture, USDA researchers joined hands with a private ethanol company for this large-scale experiment.
Giving a solution to the soaring prices of fossil fuel, it will also make big profits as up to 95 percent of all Florida-grown oranges are used to make juice. This will also help the industry from up to 31/2 tons of waste every year.
Via: St. Petersburg Times
