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Article: Recycling food residuals into animal feed
- Article from:
- BioCycle
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright J.G. Press Inc. Feb 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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FOOD RESIDUALS comprise about 22 million tons of the municipal solid waste stream in the United States and commercial generators add millions more to that volume. While major plans are underway to develop composting programs, there is renewed interest in using these feedstocks for animal feed.
Traditionally, the food processing industry's output has been a source of livestock feed - particularly in grain-based manufacturing, where residuals processors would locate near cereal, snack and baked food producers."When a major bakery opens up operations, a processor will move next door. It's a good business to be in," says Bill Weide of BW Feeds, Inc., an independent animal feed operation in ...