MINNEAPOLIS, April 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of
tons of oat hulls from General Mills every year are burned in
biomass boilers for energy, or used in the product pipeline for
other companies, or spread on farm fields as burned oat hull
ash.
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The hull of an oat is considered waste from the process to make
oat flour for Cheerios and other General Mills products at the
company's plant in Fridley,
Minnesota. A desire to keep more of the hulls out of
landfills and replace natural gas as the primary source of the
plant's energy, led to the installation of a biomass boiler there
in 2010.
And it's been one of the company's shining stars in
sustainability ever since.
The renewable uses for oat hulls are featured in the latest
episode of the "A Taste of General Mills" podcast. Hear from the
company's team at the plant, and two of its partners in the
project.
To view the full article and listen to the podcast, visit
http://blog.generalmills.com/2017/04/how-our-oats-provide-power-and-purpose/
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SOURCE General Mills, Inc.