A waste management firm in New Jersey has developed a new technique for turning leftover food into oil and protein stocks.
Green Waste Technologies is experimenting with the use of black soldier flies, a unique insect that spends most of its life eating, Smart Planet reports.
The firm believes that the fly can be conscripted to decompose food waste and turn it into sustainable alternatives to petroleum, fishmeal and pharmaceutical products.
It has been established that the greedy flies produce larvae that are between 30 and 35 per cent oil and fat, and 43 per cent protein.
Initial estimates from the firm suggest that if they used this technique on the 10,000lbs of food waste that New Yorkers throw away every day, 9,500lbs of oil could be generated by black soldier flies.
In the UK, Warwickshire County Council recently granted planning permission for the construction of an anaerobic digestion food waste plant that will power around 2,000 homes.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the energy from food waste industry includes:
Conveyors – screw conveyors – chain conveyors – belt conveyors
