Environmental implications of the disposal of waste from the poultry industry have created the need for
proper waste management. As a result, poultry litter has been proposed as a potential fuel candidate for
thermal conversion technologies since it is an available source. This review discusses the recent advances
in the physical and chemical characterisation of poultry litter. The focus of this review is on gasification
for energy generation and current commercial combustion facilities. Significant advances have been
made in the pyrolysis, gasification and combustion investigations with the aim to determine their kinetics.
These results are important for modelling work and critical issues for the simulation of poultry litter
gasification are discussed.