Article 3 - Feed From Waste

Have we ever thought that the wastage of food that we throw away daily, can really be profitable to us in return? I am sure noone does. With animals feeds and fertilisers prices at high records, this can be at greater demand today.
But that is the new fact practised in Japan today. According to a researcher in Japan, the food recycling is adopted as a business and is on a great rise now. As for farmers, feed from recycled food is comparably 50% cheaper than fresh feed. So in order to save cost in producing new feed, Japan is undergoing this technology and have proofed for its usage. If a normal garbage driver in Japan can start up a business on recycling food waste and he turns out to be the owner of Japan's largest animal feed maker. Here food recycler often uses leftovers from convenient stores and restaurants where strict health law means leftovers must be thrown away at the end of the day.
Similarly for Malaysia, we can adopt this new technique for our animal feeds. But how many of us are willing to consume any meat from chicken, beef or goat that was feeded by recycled food? As for Malaysia's concern, this technology can only be adopted, provided that we take into consideration of the 'halal' factor. Here we can't only think of money as a factor or just for recycling purposes. There are more comparable matters to be considered as we come from different culture and believes.
In Japan, despite the waste not, want not attitude, some animal rights activists and nutritionists are critical of feeding animal leftovers that have often passed their use before dates. The only risk in this practise is that feed made from fast food may lack in minerals necessary for both human and animals. The animals can be more prone to sickness if they eat only feed from waste.
Yet, it is true that we can make tonnes of profit by recycling food waste. By this method also solid waste that is being disposed to landfill is reduced apparently. Whereby this helps to save in the management of solid waste and providing more landfill space for the future. This is a good example of how a proper management of waste can help to sustain the world without being more and more polluted.