Valorization of livestock waste by the innovative technology based on the use of the bioconverter insect Hermetia illucens
This project proposal aims to transfer and demonstrate the functioning of alternative and innovative technology for the disposal and valorisation of waste derived from the livestock sector, with particular focus on animal husbandry. It is intended to provide a service in order to reach a concrete solution to the issue, concerning the disposal of nitrogen from livestock sewage in order to allow nutrients and fertilizers to play a useful role in agricultural land. This process aims to develop new production mechanisms and innovative products from waste materials addressed to the bioconversion process.
The project includes:
1.The creation of a completely equipped biofabric for large-scale breeding of Hermetia illucens.
2. Realization of a single travelling bioconversion unit to demonstrate the process of the disposal of the organic substrate.
3. Managment of larvicompost
5. The sale of live larvae for feeding reptiles, fur animals and other insectivorous and companion animals.
6. Promotion of field days, workshops, seminars and other sectoral thematic events and dissemination meetings on regional territory with experts in the field, in order to disseminate the technology.
The project intends to offer a cross service adrressed to the whole region, in order to provide a solution to the problems arising from the improper management of waste from the whole livestock sector, represented by different species (beef, pigs, sheep, goats and rabbits). Inadequate management of livestock waste can have a negative impact on the environment, primarily due to the so-called polluting action on the ground and the aquifers, due to the spillage of slurries from farms. The pollutants and eutrophic substances present in the slurry can reach the underground aquifers and rivers by land drainage. Secondly, this problem also affects the deterioration of air quality (odor, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, fine dust) and has important repercussions on the greenhouse effect (carbon dioxide emission, methane, nitrogen oxide). In addition, along with livestock waste, the waste products derived from agri-food industries will be also addressed to the bioconversion process, in order to offer a strategy for the enhancement of these matrices and to improve the physical and nutritional characteristics of livestock waste (increased degree of compactness and nutrient content).
The proposal aims to offer alternative, innovative technology, widely used in Europe and around the world, for the disposal and valorisation of livestock waste of different nature, with particular attention to the meat sector (cattle, pigs, sheep and goats and rabbits). Animal feedstocks will be added to by-products derived from agro-food companies, which will help to give the right texture and degree of moisture to the substrate to be bioconverted, complementing the nutritional value as well. It is proposed to raise the value of livestock sludge in high quality products, with an environmentally friendly technology, using the bioconverter insect Hermetia illucens. This project aims to create a virtuous circuit aimed at operators in the livestock sector, which aims to transform the problem of wastewater disposal into a resource to be exploited.
The project includes:
1. The implementation of an operative unit for the large-scale breeding of the bioconverter insect Hermetia illucens.
2. Realization of a demonstration, mobile and itinerant bioconversion unit, cyclically available to all companies that are part of the Operating Group
3. Management of the "larvicompost" resulting from the bioconversion process
4. Sale of live larvae destined for game feeding, reptiles, fur animals and other insectivorous and companion animals.
5. In the future perspective, use of larvae for technical uses (lipid extraction and biodiesel production).
6. Promotion of workshops, field days, seminars and other sectoral thematic events and dissemination meetings on regional territory with experts in the field.
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