‘We can handle any kind of lignocellulosic biomass…’ altM scales up thermochemical process to valorize ag waste

‘We can handle any kind of lignocellulosic biomass…’ altM scales up thermochemical process to valorize ag waste

Harvest seasons in India generate millions of tons of agricultural residue from rice straw to sugarcane bagasse. While some of this goes into fuel or animal feed, rice straw is still burned in fields to clear land, generating air pollution and CO2. But it doesn’t have to be this way, says Bangalore-based startup altM. What if you could both prevent such environmental damage and use these materials to replace products currently produced by petroc…