JAPAN FOOD ECOLOGY CENTER,INC.
Creating value from food losses
The Food Recycling Loop

“Generating Electricity from Food Waste”
Sagamihara Biogas Power, Inc.
scheduled to start operations in 2023

Winning Chief’s Award (by Prime Minister) of the 2nd Japan SDGs Award

TEL

042-777-6316

Official Website：

FAX

042-777-6317

https://japan-fec.co.jp/
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Business Background
Issues in Waste Management① High volume of food waste

Issues in Livestock Management① Dependence on foreign feed supplies

11② Excessive spending of taxpayer funds② Soaring grain prices③ Fossil fuel exhaust and greenhouse gases emissions③ Livestock disease outbreaks④ Lack of final disposal sites④ Demand for safe and nutritious meat products

Food waste in Japan is at an all-time high with more than 5.22
million tons of food material disposed of in FY2020 alone. Foodwaste purportedly accounts for roughly 40%-50% of the total
waste volume processed through municipal incinerators. Given
that it costs approximately 45,000 yen to burn just one ton ofwaste, it is estimated that 800 billion to 1 trillion yen is spentannually on food waste incineration.

Japan depends on imports for approximately 75% of its
livestock feed and as such, is greatly influenced by foreign
markets, making domestic self-sufficiency a challenge. Inaddition, feed costs account for roughly 63% of porkfarming expenses and thus rising grain prices pose a serious
problem for livestock businesses.

The final disposal sites used to deposit ash and otherbyproducts of the incineration process are expected to reachcapacity within the next two decades. Additionally, the emissionsof fossil fuel exhaust and other greenhouse gasses associatedwith this process exert a harmful impact on the average global
temperature and thus hinder the achievement of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals.

Conversion of food waste and surplus into fermented liquid feed
We have adopted the "liquid fermentation feed conversion" method, which does not involve dehydration of
the feed, making it possible to produce feed that is not only safe and nutritious, but allows us to accept awide variety of ingredients and results in production 1costs much lower than those of imported grain based
feed.
In addition to reducing the burden on the environment and reducing wasteful spending of taxpayer funds,
the project contributes to solving each of these issues by contributing to higher quality pork production,encouraging pork farmers to produce more. We contribute to society by promoting "sustainable production -1and consumption" through the establishment of a food recycling loop.

Company Introduction

Facility Overview◎ We accept food waste and food surplus from factories, supermarkets, and other food-related
businesses for processing into liquid swine feed. The transformation from food waste to highquality livestock feed entails liquification, heat sterilization, and fermentation, which all takeplace at our facilities.
【Location】
Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan【Processing capacity】

26%
8 persons

8 26%
personsMax. 49t/day (industrial waste ,non-industrial waste)【Operation Hours】

15 persons
48%

8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (open 365 days a year)【Number of Employees】
31 persons (29 men, 2 women)

Under 30

30-59 years

60 years and older* work in shifts-2-

work process① Delivery of surplus and discarded food products②

Licensed transporters collect the raw materials from food producers and bring them toour factory in refrigerated truck beds.

Food is collected in special containers and their contents are classified withbarcodes designating place of origin, date, time, type, and weight of the food.

refrigerated truck

Opening and sorting workby people with disabilities

Weighing

scaleforklift③ Putting
The container is inverted by lift andcleaned with a high-pressure washer.

Container with barcode④ SortingRemove nonconforming materials by hand using a metal detector andother tools.

packaged bread, rice balls, etc.
Input port for raw food materials

Remove foreign substances by hand.

metal detector-3-work process⑤Liquification⑥

Crush the raw material to a liquid statewith a moisture content of about 80%.

Sterilization

Contents are heated and stirred for adesignated period of time at 90℃ or higher
to sterilize E. coli, salmonella, and otherbacteria.

heat exchanger

Heating tankHeat Sterilization Control System

crusher

After liquification

steam boiler⑦ Cooling and fermentation⑧ Transportation

After cooling, lactic acid fermentation is
performed to achieve a pH below 4 andimprove shelf life.

Loaded on tanker trucks andshipped to pig farmers.

Pork Farm

On the return trip, the sametrucks are used to collect milk
and used as raw materials forfeed.
Liquid raw material tank

7 tanker trucks
Cooling and Storage Tanks

We disinfect vehicles and boots when entering and exiting thepig farm, and wash the vehicles at the end of transportation tokeep them clean and to thoroughly prevent infectious diseases.

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① Inexpensive due to reduced energy consumption
By using the water content of the food as it is, energy costs are reduced and theproduct can be offered at about half the price of ordinary compound feed.

② Suppresses manure odors
The amount of ammonia emitted by livestock in feces and urine is reduced due toincreased digestive efficiency, eliminating excess nitrogenous materials.

③

We conduct nutritional analyses incooperation with universities, research
institutes, and government agencies.

Providing safe and healthy pork to consumers

Pigs fed liquid fermented feed have lower disease rates, thus reducing the need forantibiotic use. As a result, safe and healthy pork can be provided to consumers.

Other comments we have received include, "It is good for the human working
environment because it does not generate dust," and "It is expected to improve theintestinal environment through fermentation.”

What is ecofeed?
It is livestock feed produced from food waste such as food
manufacturing by-products, surplus food, cooking scraps, farm scraps,etc.
The eco-feed certification stipulates that swine enterprises must
actively use eco-feed and rice feed to contribute to feed self-sufficiency
and food self-sufficiency.
Eco-Feed Certificate（Two types）-5-Sustainable Development Goals「Sustainable Development Goals（持続可能な開発目標）」
Consisting of 17 goals which contain 169 targets to realize a sustainableworld, the SDGs represent is a pledge to "leave no one behind".

Koichi Takahashi, the president of J.FEC, has given lectures in many
countries about our company's efforts from the perspective of the SDGs.
2017.07.18

2017.06.20"High-Level Political Forum"at UN Headquarters inNew YorkThe "G7 Workshop" in Berlin

2018.12.21

Awarded the Chief’s Award by Japan's Prime
Minister as part of the 2nd SDGs award ceremony

Goals to which J.FEC contributes
We work towards goal #12

Responsible Production andConsumption by both reducing
food waste, and by using waste
as a resource.
We contribute to goal #2 No
Hunger through theimprovement of food cycle selfsufficiency with food recycling
technology.
We are actively working toprovide employment for theelderly and people withdisabilities in support of goal #8

Decent Work and Economic
Growth.

Target 12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at theretail and consumer levels and reduce food losses alongproduction and supply chains, including post-harvest lossesWe support goal #3 Good
Health and Wellbeing byproducing highly nutritious
meat and reducing the needfor agricultural antibiotics.
By recycling food waste, wereduce the volume ofincinerated food waste andsubsequent emissions ofgreenhouse gasses which
supports goal #13 Climate

ActionBy reducing our use of fossil fuels
and generating renewable energy
such as biogas, we contribute to goal
#7 Affordable and Clean Energy.
We actively accept factory tours, givelectures, and partner with educational
institutions to foster opportunities formutual leaning and community development,as an effort in pursuit of goal #17

Partnership for the Goals.

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Pigs fed on liquid feed
produce delicious pork.

pig farmers

Markets andRestaurants

Using liquid feed

It is sold as branded pork

Separation and storage of surplus（Currently 12 farms）

in restaurants andand waste food generated bydepartment stores.

business activities

Contracts with morethan 180 businesses

Delivery of high quality liquid feed tocontracted pig farmers

Biogas Power Generation

Collection and transportation by licensed

Raw materials: approx. 50 t/day

companies (more than 30 companies)

JAPAN FOOD ECOLOGY CENTER,INC.
Accepts an average of 35 tons of surplus and waste foodand produces an average of 42 tons of liquid fermented
feed per day

Working with pig farmers to produce high quality pork, which is then sold at markets and restaurants.
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Foods used for feed production

noodles

Vegetables, Fruits

bread

cooked rice

potato peelside dish and miscellaneous vegetables

Flour and other doughCakes, and sponge dough, etc.

By-products of Whiskey Production

Milk, yogurt, and other dairy products

whey

Jellies, syrups, etc.

-8-What pigs can't eat
食品リサイクル容器に入れてはいけないもの！
Things you should not put in food containers!
不应该放入食品回收容器的东西！
식품 재활용 용기에 넣고 말라 것!
่ คุ่ ณไม่ควรใส่ในภาชนะรีไซเคิลอาหาร!
สิงทีNhững thứ bạn không nên cho vào hộp tái chế thực phẩm!

etc.

① Foreign matter mixed with foodBottlesVinyl andplastic products

Cigarette butts

Detergent

Disposable chopsticks
and toothpicks

Paper napkin② Organic matter not suitable for feed production

Waste oilFish bone

Egg shell and seashell

Hard fiber

Highly spoiled foodSeed

We explain sorting methods
to employees at factories and stores.

We ask that you treat food waste as a raw material for animal feed, not as garbage.
Please put raw materials in dedicated containers and clean them regularly. (Simple cleaning is conducted at the plant.)
In order to produce and provide pork that consumers really want, we ask that you please be thorough in your separation of garbage.

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Branded pork “Yu-ton”
What is "Yu-Ton"?
It is a branded pork raised by our liquid fermented feed and trademark managed
by the Japan Food Ecology Center from October 2023.
It can be bought at Odakyu OX, Odakyu Department Store, and our factory tours!

What sets "Yu-Ton" apart?
◎ Health benefits!

Low in cholesterol◎ Flavorful !

High in oleic and linolenic acids, rich in flavor◎ Tender !

The meat fiber is finely textured and tender◎ Safe！

The feed is easily digested by livestock and improves digestive
health which reduces the need for agricultural antibiotics.
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Sagamihara Biogas Power, Inc.
Food factories,supermarkets

President : Koichi Takahashi

pig farmer

About 50 days

power station

biogasgenerator
surplus andwaste foodliquid feedfermentation
tank

tank
50t/day

528kW

Selling Electricity
With the Feed-In
Tariff system

Electricity for about
1,000 households

byproducts
Raw materials
for fertilizers

dehydration
A…food waste slurry(27t/day)
B…liquified food waste

digestive fluids
tank

Separates
solids and liquids
dilution(23t/day)power supply

Release into sewer

Local families and businesses

Newly acceptable foods

coffee grounds

Fried food scraps

water from rinsing rice

Tea leaves after brewing

Surplus or waste food that is suitable for animal feed is converted at the Japan Food Ecology Center, and that which is not suitable for animal feed is used
for biogas power generation. Waste material from the biogas process is used to produce agricultural fertilizer.

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