The insect is hoped to consume and turn about 600 tonnes of food scraps into fertiliser and animal feed.
to trial using maggots to combat food waste accumulating at landfills, getting the creatures to turn scraps into crucial ingredients for food production.
In an effort to curb the issue, the city has turned to maggots in the hopes of turning about 600 tonnes of food waste into animal feed and fertiliser during the new 12-month trial. The larvae can eat twice their own body weight each day and their manure will be turned into fertiliser while the maggots themselves will be processed into protein to be fed to fish, poultry and even pets.The city has turned to maggots in the hopes of reducing about 600 tonnes of food waste.
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