Russian company Entoprotech has developed a food waste recycling process using the Black Soldier Fly.
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After 4 years of R&D, Entoprotech now processes 15 tons of food waste per day using the larvae of the flies.
Once the larvae are done, they become a delicacy for poultry and fish, or feed additives for livestock farming.
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Entoprotech founders announced they will increase production up to 50 tons/day by 2021 due to demand.
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It processed 6,500 tons of organic waste in 2020.
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A similar endeavor in Moscow processes organic waste using BSF larvae.
The output is fertilizer, protein concentrate, and many other products.
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The process of recycling waste using BSF releases 70% less landfill gasses than composting.
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According to the association TP BioTech2030 the most suitable insects for industrial recycling are the BSF, the house fly, the migratory and desert locusts, house and 2-spotted crickets, large and brown mealworm, zophobas and the marbled cockroach.
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Russian Economic University Plekhanov also used the BSF to create a new additive to traditional protein-plant feeds.
The larvae are fed grain waste and a mixture of whey and wheat bran.
The effectiveness of the feed was assessed in broiler chickens where it added 8% of live weight to the chickens with 2.8% feed savings per unit of weight gain.
They plan to expand the use of this additive to livestock and fish.
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China is building a factory where 4 billion cockroaches will process food waste.
One such factory already employs 300 million cockroaches.
When the cockroaches die, they are processed into powder to use as livestock feed.
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Chinese company Shandong Qiaobin Agricultural Technology Co. have cockroaches consume about 50 tons of food waste every day for feed for pig and fish farms.
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At home, one can vermicompost.
Worms devour food into fertilizer.
There are designs that take up no more than half a meter in the kitchen, with no smell.
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One can be made by putting small holes in plastic containers.
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Q: What Russian company uses insects to recycle food waste?
A: Entoprotech [40c9525e-057a-4ab9-a428-22094e210078]

Q: What insects do they use?
A: Black Soldier Fly (BSF). [40c9525e-057a-4ab9-a428-22094e210078]

Q: How much food waste did they process after 4 years of R&D?
A: 15 tons of food waste per day [40c9525e-057a-4ab9-a428-22094e210078, 93f69396-9bcb-49eb-b33b-b72fba3482f6]

Q: What is done with the BSF larvae after they process the waste?
A: They become food for poultry and fish, or feed additives for livestock farming. [40c9525e-057a-4ab9-a428-22094e210078, 93f69396-9bcb-49eb-b33b-b72fba3482f6]

Q: How much will Entoprotech increase production?
A: up to 50 tons/day by 2021 [93f69396-9bcb-49eb-b33b-b72fba3482f6]

Q: How much organic waste did it process in 2020?
A: 6,500 tons [8615d182-b752-4b5d-ad54-a355706be4c6]

Q: What does the Moscow enterprise process with BSF?
A: fertilizer, protein concentrate, and many other products. [5aa0419d-baa4-4496-a336-f40d91fba84c]

Q: How is processing with BSF an improvement over composting?
A: It releases 70% less landfill gasses than composting. [93f69396-9bcb-49eb-b33b-b72fba3482f6]

Q: What are the most suitable insects for recycling food waste according to TP BioTech2030?
A: The BSF, the house fly, the migratory and desert locusts, house and 2-spotted crickets, large and brown mealworm, zophobas and the marbled cockroach. [93f69396-9bcb-49eb-b33b-b72fba3482f6]

Q: What did Russian Economic University Plekhanov discover regarding the effectiveness of using BSF in livestock feed additives?
A: It added 8% of live weight to the chickens with 2.8% feed savings per unit of weight gain. [27151f5e-7f8a-4b91-bc32-293d595b6360]

Q: What is China building?
A: a factory where 4 billion cockroaches will process food waste. [62483eb5-4131-4a5c-bee6-f2efb67dd2bd]

Q: Does China already have such a factory and what does it process?
A: Yes, it employs 300 million cockroaches. They are processed into powder to use as livestock feed. [62483eb5-4131-4a5c-bee6-f2efb67dd2bd]

Q: How much do the cockroaches consume at Chinese company Shandong Qiaobin Agricultural Technology Co?
A: 50 tons of food waste every day [dd73c063-31aa-4a78-86bb-672f9d3a61cb]

Q: What are they used for?
A: for feed for pig and fish farms. [dd73c063-31aa-4a78-86bb-672f9d3a61cb]

Q: How can someone process food waste at home?
A: vermicompost. [f2bad786-8de2-4ea6-9a95-a29413b0e351]

Q: How is this done?
A: Worms devour food into fertilizer. [f2bad786-8de2-4ea6-9a95-a29413b0e351]

Q: What sort of container can be used for vermicomposting?
A: There are designs that take up no more than half a meter in the kitchen, with no smell. [f2bad786-8de2-4ea6-9a95-a29413b0e351]A: One can be made by putting small holes in plastic containers. [834983b1-10c2-4216-ad81-bb2f381f1299]