Cellulosic biomass refers to agricultural, woody, and fibrous materials, such as agricultural and forestry residues, certain industrial wastes, and portions of municipal waste.
Among the feedstocks that Verenium can use to produce cellulosic ethanol are the following:
- Rice straw
- Corn stover
- Wheat straw
- Hardwood and softwood thinnings
- Hardwood and softwood residues from timber operations
- Paper fraction of municipal solid waste
- Municipal wood waste
- Municipal green waste
- Sugarcane bagasse
- Rice hulls
- Corn fiber
- Sugar beet pulp
- Citrus pulp
- Citrus peels
- Saw mill waste
- Pulp mill waste
- Switchgrass
- Hybrid poplar wood
