Optimising and industrialising black soldier fly (BFS) production – redirecting food waste to livestock feed production using insects The challenge Key waste-producing players in the retail, hospitality, and institutional sectors have realised their...
Utilising nut waste in the sandalwood industry to enhance profitability and sustainability The challenge The Australian Sandalwood is a unique native tree previously wild harvested for its timber which is used for essential oil production. To meet growing demand, the...
Food Waste to Pig Feed – Safe and Biosecure The challenge According to the National Food Waste Baseline, Australia currently produces 11.3 million tonnes per annum of food waste and diverts 3.9 million tonnes to animal feed. Of the remaining 7.3 million tonnes, up to...
SME Solutions Centre – Value-adding to underutilised/waste pumpkin produce The challenge Pumpkin is one of the major horticulture crops in Australia and more particularly in Queensland. Australia produces about 120,000 tonnes of pumpkins worth approximately $80m...
Pilot-scale production of enhanced-value anaerobic digestion waste-derived bioproducts on the Darling Downs The challenge As a result of population growth, volumes of biodegradable wastes including food and wastewater sludge will continue to increase in Australia....
