Converting organic waste into feed
- Numbers show that 10% of the global greenhouse gas emissions come from food waste. Instead of going to landfills, a large part of this waste could be safely used for animal feed.
- A circular system like this will reduce major environmental impacts of producing feed crops like land, energy, and water use, while bolstering food security.
- For Proteios, organic waste is interesting due to its suitability as a feed source for maggot farming. This way the waste ends up as healthy, sustainable and low-cost food for farm animals.
- Food waste can also be converted into feed through a treatment process that includes sorting, screening, grinding, dewatering, heating and drying.
- Proteios will be the link between on the one hand the food waste collecting companies and on the other hand maggot farmers and manufacturers using organic waste as a feed ingredient.
