Just as biomass can substitute for fossil fuels in the production of energy, it can also provide a renewable substitute for the many industrial products and materials made from petroleum or natural gas – biobased foams, plastics, fertilizers, lubricants, and industrial chemicals are a few of the possibilities. Biomass Feedstocks Every region has its own locally generated biomass feedstocks from agriculture, forest, and urban sources. A wide variety of biomass feedstocks are available and biomass can be produced anywhere that plants or animals
