Pigs raised on recycled foods are contributing to the Japanese food supply, while reducing waste.
A certified company called Recycling Loop collects unsold foods from 25 shops in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, and
uses it to make liquid fodder. Pork fed on this liquid fodder is sold
at 55 shops in the Kanto region owned by Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. Aeon aims to expand
the system to establish a nationwide Recycling System.
Aeon is the first retailer to gain approval for this recycling
project after the enforcement of the Amended Food Recycling Law in
December 2007. The certification enables companies to collect waste
foods beyond the framework of the local government.
The project, which is in line with Japan’s Amended Food Recycling Law, is based on a recycling-oriented model, the Closed-Loop Recycling System.
Costs for recycling waste foods are twice as high as those for incineration; however, efficient collection has decreased the costs to comparable levels as incineration. Making feed from waste foods also reduces carbon dioxide emissions when compare with incineration.
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