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09/12/2018 / By Edsel Cook

A feasibility study on converting food waste into viable livestock feed

American researchers examined the viability of recovering food waste and turning it into livestock feed. They reported that a modernized version of the ancient practice would be able to greatly reduce the wastage of food, provide sufficient nutrition for food animals, and improve the food supply at global and national levels. The University of Pennsylvania […]

07/02/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Food waste from fish found to have a biomedical application: Collagen in fish scales promotes wound healing

“Let food be your medicine” gets a slightly different take with this study: Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have discovered a novel use for fish scales, which are commonly discarded in the cooking process. Their study, published in the journal Acta Biomaterialia, found that the collagen present in fish scales has the potential to be used in various […]

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