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      SmartBreed

      SmartBreed

      Industrial insect rearing as a decentralized, circular economy food waste recovery strategy

      SmartBreed has developed a decentralised, circular economy insect breeding system which up-cycles food waste at food production companies. It turns insect larvae into fertiliser, protein-rich insect meal for animal feed and insect oil (biodiesel) in an industrial symbiosis. The FHNW School of Life Sciences is running two analyses as part of the life cycle assessment. The aim is to see whether giving food by-products to insects directly where the by-products originate, and extracting raw materials from them, is better ecologically than conventional methods such as using them in a biogas plant or as animal feed.

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      Project duration:
      2023-2025
      Funding agency:

      Innosuisse Funding application no. 113.106 IP-EE

      Webseite:
      www.smartbreed.ch

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      Dirk Hengevoss

      Dipl. Ing. FH Dirk Hengevoss

      Research Associate in sustainable resource management

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      +41 61 228 55 98

      E-mail

      dirk.hengevoss@fhnw.ch

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      School of Life Sciences FHNW Institute for Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      Christoph Hugi

      Prof. Dr. Christoph Hugi

      Team Leader and lecturer in sustainability and development

      Telephone

      +41 61 228 55 84

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      christoph.hugi@fhnw.ch

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      School of Life Sciences FHNW Institute for Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

      Fabian Whitfield

      Fabian Whitfield

      Scientific Assistant

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      fabian.whitfield@fhnw.ch

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      School of Life Sciences FHNW Institute for Ecopreneurship Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

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      Hofackerstrasse 30

      CH - 4132 Muttenz

      Phone+41 61 228 60 75

      E-Mailmarco.rupprich@fhnw.ch

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