Food Waste Used in Livestock Feed

Summary

Organic waste and excess oil from food production process are being reused in the manufacture of livestock feed. These by-products substitute high quality ingredients.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
Food processing sector	Food manufacturer
Agricultural sector	Livestock food manufacturers

Region

Taiwan.

Applied Technologies

• Not known.

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	Potential savings in the purchase of livestock feed ingredients Waste disposal savings for food manufacturers
Environment	Landfill diversion Decrease in raw material use and increased resource efficiency
Social	Potential employment

Additional Comments

None.

References

• Su, T., Cheng, C. and Hwang, J. (1999) "Transformation of ones waste into another resource: A corner stone of industrial ecology", in Global Competiveness through Cleaner Production (2nd Asia Pacific Roundtable on Cleaner Production), Brisbane, Australia

Last Update

18 January 2007