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On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Phil Bramley wrote:

> I read in an Olives Australia newsletter that a large olive waste
> re-processing centre had been built in Oman. Do you know anything about it?

Sorry, most of my information deals with ancient and traditional uses.
I'm a paleoethnobotanist (I work with plant remains from archaeological
sites) so the modern stuff isn't all that useful to me.

Your comment about the pressing wastes being flammable is why it makes
good fuel, the pulp retains a little oil and the stones make a good woody
fuel source.

I have seen references to pressing wastes (liquid and solid) preventing
the growth of grass in orchards. There may be some properties in the
wastes that are a natural herbicide. Something to look into.

Peter Warnock



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