Wednesday, Sept. 30, 5.45 p.m. CET
From waste to high-tech
German fishmeal producer Bioceval is making tons of money every year -- from fish waste.
Bodo von Holten, president of the German Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation and CEO of Bioceval, showcased a high-tech approach which has arisen from an industry that simply buys fish waste.
"We are collecting byproducts from fish producers," he said. "Processors are now actually getting a lot of money for their waste."
Bioceval grades the waste according to its attributes -- if it's from ASC or MSC-certified products and so on -- and produces meal and oil, which it then sells on to animal feed producers, to dietary supplement producers or producers of functional peptides in the pharmaceutical industry.
"We are able to get high quantities," he said, adding this business is all set out for further future growth.
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