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KOTA KINABALU: Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Junz Wong has unveiled the ‘Black Soldier’ ​​project which will soon be implemented in Sabah, with an eye to producing organic fertilizers for local farmers while at the same time help to resolve the disposal of food wastes more effectively.

He made the announcement during his recent visit to a ‘Black Soldier’ ​​PT. Maggot Indonesia Lestari project farm in Bogor.

Junz was briefed by Pak Markus Susanto on the Bioconversion Waste to Protein process – converting food waste into ‘frass’ (bio-fertilizer).

He said the world is overloaded with wastes that not many people can handle such bio-organic wastes from households, wet markets, food outlets, restaurants, animal farms and many other sources of waste contributors.

“The current common forms of treatment are a small portion being fed to animals and the rest for landfills throughout many countries in the world, including Sabah. We have been looking at various methodologies to deal with these wastes which will decompose and discharge tons of leachate leaching into our water aquifers, besides emitting greenhouse gasses like hydrogen sulfide, methane and carbon dioxide, inevitably contributing to climate change,” he explained.

Junz said he is also looking into biogas production via anaerobic digestion producing methane for power generation, another option through the ‘Black Soldier’ ​​project.

According to the minister, bio-composting of bio-organic waste looks promising, but the final product off take is not encouraging and could render high cost to the government.

“Bio-conversion by larvae is one of the most promising processes to deal with the wastes. Bio-organic waste will be fed to hungry larvae which will consume 5,000 times their body weight from the moment these are inoculated into the waste, thereby producing a potent bio-fertilizer containing anti-pathogenic ingredients to combat crops roots, basal, airborne and pest diseases as documented in many research journals,” he said.

Sabah could also use the same method in palm oil. Dr Alexius Darmadi, the pioneer in research and development of ‘Black Soldier’ ​​in Indonesia is willing to help the palm oil farmers in Sabah.

Dr Darmadi is the president of EVONIK Industries, president director of Biowax Greenergy, and also one of the pioneers who started the bio-diesel bio-wax downstream industrialization, utilizing palm oil in Indonesia and exporting candles to Europe.

“During the working visit, we witnessed the complete process of breeding the Black Soldier flies and the bio-organic waste bio-conversion process. We were convinced that this system would solve our bio-organic waste problems.

“We learned that the bio-fertilizer could fetch a good price and the offtake demand was overwhelming, selling up to RM5 per kilo in Malaysia,” Junz disclosed.

The Bogor Black Soldier farm processes an average of five metric tons per day of municipal waste from restaurants. The farm produces Black Soldier larvae at their nursery.

“Too much chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used in Sabah, especially in the Kundasang areas. So to start off, a BSF pilot project to try and help Ranau farmers to go green, organic and healthy will be initiated in Kundasang,” concluded Junz.

Articles from https://www.theborneopost.com/2018/10/31/sabah-to-go-green-with-black-soldier-project/

BANDAR LAMPUNG (Lampungpro.co): Chairperson of the Bandar Lampung City PKK Movement Team (TP) Hj. Eva Dwiana Herman HN together with 25 cadres participated in training in processing household organic waste at PT Maggot Indonesia Lestari, Cijayanti Village, Babakan Madang District, Bogor Regency, West Java, Sunday (11/24/2019). Through this training, PKK Bandar Lampung invited cadres to process organic waste into valuable commodities.

“The key to success in handling organic waste starts with women by sorting waste at home. Now, maggot cultivation has been developed as a solution to handling organic waste, as well as to produce caterpillars as a source of protein for fish and chicken farming,” said Eva Dwiana, who directly led and was involved in the training.

This solution, according to Eva, is the easiest and cheapest, and can also be used as additional income for PKK members. The results of this maggot caterpillar cultivation will be used as feed for catfish and chicken as an additional income for PKK members. “So, PKK women can still be at home helping their husbands’ income while dealing with household organic waste,” said Eva, who is also a member of the Lampung Provincial DPRD.

On a large scale, said Bunda Eva, her nickname, processing urban organic waste with maggot caterpillars is also one of the solutions to overcome the production of organic waste that has been dumped into the Bakung Landfill (TPA), Teluk Betung Barat. According to Eva, the PKK’s first step is to emphasize education on sorting waste starting from the household.

“The PKK cadres are expected to spearhead waste segregation. After that, we will design how to handle organic waste on a large scale from restaurants, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and markets. Many countries have used maggot cultivation as a solution, and Bandar Lampung will be a pioneer in handling this organic waste,” said Eva, who is also the wife of the Mayor of Bandar Lampung.

To the training participants, President Director of PT Maggot Indonesia Lestari, Markus Susanto, said that this organic waste processing uses the BSF bioconversion method. “The spearhead is indeed the housewives by sorting waste from the source. One of the obstacles in processing organic waste is that it is still mixed with inorganic waste,” said Markus Susanto.

According to Markus, maggot caterpillars are capable of turning thousands of tons of waste into protein and fertilizer. This caterpillar can be used as fish feed and is now one of the export commodities that are in great demand in European countries. “This organic waste management system can be made on a small to large scale. In Guangzhou, China, it is even made on a large scale that can consume thousands of tons of organic waste per day,” said Markus. (PRO1)

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