entomics

FOOD WASTE one of the biggest problems facing society today. Each year over 1.3 billion tonnes of food are wasted globally, that's about 1 trillion US dollars of lost value. If food waste were its own country, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China. With an increasing population and modern lifestyles, the burden of food waste on society and the environment is set to increase in the future. Traditional composting solutions are difficult to commercialise at large scale, while modern technology like anaerobic digestion is capital intensive and reliant on government subsidies. But there is an alternative... ----------------------------------VALORISING WASTE USING INSECTS!!!-------------------------------------- Insect biomass conversion (or insect farming) is an emerging practice, where waste is fed directly to insects. These in turn convert low value biomass into higher value insect mass, rich in proteins, fats and chitin. These can in turn be used as sustainable inputs for a variety of sectors, most notably high quality animal feeds demanded by the aquaculture sector & premium pet food markets. There are multiple species of insects that have been shown as viable for this type of activity, with industrial favourites such as the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) and mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) leading the pack. Although species vary in their ability to grow on particular biomass wastes, and the efficiency in which they assimilate waste into insect nutrients, the underlying concept remains the same. It is therefore no surprise we've been seeing an explosion of commercial insect operations globally over the past couple of years. From fully autonomous plants in Europe, to part-manual operations in South East Asia, the insect revolution has begun. Entomics is developing enabling technology solutions for the growing insects for food&feed sector. Check our website for more information on the projects we are working on. www.entomics.com