Seed Waste

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Infobox on Seed Waste
Example of Seed Waste
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Seed Waste

Description

Waste of oily seeds from which the oil has been pressed mechanically or extracted by means of a solvent.

The former method produces expellers whilst the latter are called extractions. Seed waste may originate from cocoa-nuts (copra), cotton seed, groundnuts, maize (hominy chop), linseed, nigerseed, Palm Kernels, rape-seed, rice bran, Soya beans, sunflower kernels, etc. The products are subject toheating and spontaneous ignition and segregation rules must be carefully adhered to.

Reference is made to the relevant IMO publications of hazardous cargo.

Full information on this product is in the process of completion.