Feasibility of a California Energy Feedstock Supply Cooperative
The San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District banned the burning of stumps in orchard removal as of June 1, 2007 and established a total ban on burning of all orchard waste effective June 1, 2010. There are about one million acres of deciduous fruit and nut trees in California, producing an estimated 700,000 tons of prunings annually. In the past, much of this orchard waste has been burned in the field.
