Efficient Use of Resources: Initiatives
Initiatives
Recycling and Closed-Loop Initiatives (Livestock Feed Production)
Nosan Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary of MC, uses Eco Feed* as a raw material for its livestock compound feed, aiming to increase the food recycling rate and enhance both livestock feed and food self-sufficiency. Currently, Nosan Corporation uses approximately 7,000 Mt per year of dried Eco Feed that is recycled from discarded by-products of food production, unsold food products, and leftovers from cooking. The company also uses approximately 20,000 Mt per year of by-products from bakeries and confectionery factories, such as breadcrumbs and cake flour, as raw materials for livestock feed.
- *Eco Feed refers to livestock feed manufactured using by-products of food production processes, unsold food products such as bread and boxed lunches, leftovers from cooking such as cut vegetable scraps, and residual farm products such as imperfect produce.
Recycling and Closed-Loop Initiatives (Livestock)
Japan Farm Holdings Inc., a consolidated subsidiary of MC, is a large-scale livestock company that is developing a closed-loop recycling model focused on reusing waste generated from primary industries. One example is the reuse of shochu lees left that remain after the production of the distilled liquor shochu. Japan Farm Holdings is located in Kagoshima Prefecture, which is well-known for sweet potato shochu manufacturing. Shochu lees had long been a regional challenge. To address this issue, Japan Farm collaborated with local distilleries for more than two years to develop livestock feed that incorporates the shochu lees. This feed is used to raise pigs designated as “Brand Pork.” The initiative reduces waste disposal costs and CO2 emissions. In addition, manure from pigs that consume the feed is processed into fertilizer that is sold by local vendors, including agricultural cooperatives.
Japan Farm also operates a biomass power generation facility that uses chicken manure from its farm as fuel to generate both steam and electricity. The electricity is used as a power source for the facility, and the steam generated by the boiler serves as a heat source. Ash produced during theincineration process is sold externally as fertilizer raw material, as it contains valuable minerals.
