World Wildlife Fund (WWF), along with students and researchers, has always supported the establishment of integrated bio-refineries since it has proved to be a very promising concept for all. There are also a number of NGOs that worry about the biodiversity and are ecologically driven, the biggest being World Wildlife Fund (WWF), who constantly help these bio-refineries so that it can upgrade their processes thus, protecting the environment. NGO’s and private communities provide most of the funds, along with the government, for the development of these integrated bio-refineries. Bio-refineries are technically sophisticated and thus, economically viable even for its shareholders and insurers. It has an increased production efficiency making them appealing to both new and old customers. The products come with an improved quality and are more efficient.
For the government bio-refineries make perfect economic sense since the fuels, heat, electricity and chemicals, like ethanol, produced by them can be utilized for energy, transportation, and household purposes and also by the chemical and agricultural industries. The federal and state policies regarding the implementation of more and more integrated bio-refineries are changing very fast, everyday, since it offer us with an interesting market. Government funds are extremely helpful for the establishment of these integrated bio-refineries since most industry adopters fear the risk they will have to face, if they invest into bio-refineries, due to rapid technological developments. Already the government has invested billions of dollars into bio-refineries since they require the constant support of the government for their continual development. Although bio-refineries have certain economic sustainability issues they are helping the government to strengthen the regional economy. The NGOs and the government have understood that in order to satisfy the growing demand for various agricultural products it is utterly necessary that biomass and bio-feedstock be used as efficiently as possible. And this can only be done through an integrated system of bio-refineries.
The employees, suppliers, consumers or customers and local communities of integrated bio-refineries also form their important stakeholder since without them a bio-refinery would not be possible. Integrated bio-refineries come with the promise of a better lifestyle and enhanced working conditions for its employees. Even the consumers can get better environmental performance from these improved bio-refineries which conforms to the technical standards and present regulations applied. However they face certain social and economical sustainability issues since bio-refineries emit harmful gases and effluents into the air and water and even cause soil erosion. They also hugely affect global warming since use of bio-refineries cause a reduction in greenhouse gases which leads to increase in the global temperature.
But the most alarming impact of the bio-refineries is that it affects the health of its employees and the communities around it. They have numerous environmental impacts and have also been found to cause adverse respiratory effects among its employees. So, even though bio-refineries promise its employees a better lifestyle, the refineries have to sustain certain health impacts if the authorities want to enjoy its advantages. With such drastic climatic changes there is a need to look for alternative options so that bio-refineries not only satisfy the diesel and gasoline needs but the entire oil use. Keeping the sustainability issues aside stakeholders have realized that well-organized strategies of these bio-refineries can efficiently provide power for the transportation and heat the houses without the use of any fossil fuels in the near future.