Post Harvest Waste to Resource Plan

Rice straw, husk, and stalks. Traditionally these are burned, which is quick, free and a significant source of air pollution across the region.

The alternatives are compost, mulch, animal bedding, board making and mushroom growing. All are real and all have costs.

The page has the waste inventory, the options with their requirements, a comparison table and a plan. Mushroom growing on rice straw is the one that surprises students and it genuinely works at small scale, which makes it a good project for a class that wants to take this further.