Reducing food waste could put birds and animals at risk
Well-intended efforts to reduce food waste could threaten some birds and animal species, a new paper has warned.
Environment
Oct 25, 2016
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In tropical countries, organic waste can be turned into compost quicker by using maggots
The black soldier fly is a veritable eating machine – at least in its larval stage. Despite its rather martial name, it's not an insect that would ever do anyone any harm. Its larvae feed on rotting organic material such ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2016
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UN: Growing environmental threat from animal-to-man diseases
A new U.N. report identifies some of the most worrying environmental threats facing the world today.
Environment
May 20, 2016
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Insect larvae as an additional source of protein for Europe's animal feed
The EU PROTEINSECT project has recommended a comprehensive review of European legislation to allow for insect larvae to be used as a source of protein in animal feed.
Ecology
May 10, 2016
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How re-using food waste for animal feed cuts carbon emissions
EU researchers have found that food waste can safely, and even nutritiously, be used for animal feed.
Environment
Apr 27, 2016
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Feeding food waste to pigs could save vast swathes of threatened forest and savannah
A new study shows that if the European Union lifted the pigswill ban imposed following 2001's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, and harnessed technologies developed in East Asian countries for 'heat-treating' our food waste ...
Other
Dec 9, 2015
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Company patents technology to feed cattle from waste
The phrase "squeeze until the very last drop" literally came true for Biotectra, a Mexican company that managed to extract nutrients from organic waste and transform them into a main ingredient for cattle food.
Other
Sep 29, 2015
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The 'LIFE-Valorlact' project is developing new food prototypes using whey from cheese-making dairies
AZTI's Food Research Unit has managed to obtain a series of food prototypes using whey produced by cheese-making dairies, which allows a commercial outlet to be provided for an organic product that is routinely treated as ...
Other
Mar 13, 2015
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Grocery byproduct proves effective as energy supplement in cattle
Food waste has become a serious problem in the United States and other countries. Approximately 34 million tons of food waste is deposited in landfills each year in the United States alone (EPA, 2014). The U.S. Environmental ...
Other
Nov 6, 2014
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Microbial battery: Team uses 'wired microbes' to generate electricity from sewage
Engineers at Stanford University have devised a new way to generate electricity from sewage using naturally-occurring "wired microbes" as mini power plants, producing electricity as they digest plant and animal waste.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 16, 2013
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