Norbite transforms plastic waste into sustainable goods by means of an insect-based biorefinery. The selected insect, Galleria mellonella, possess the extraordinary capacity to naturally digests plastic. Norbite took advantage of this feeding specificity of G. mellonella and has developed a proprietary vertical farming technology to enable the insects to perform at industrial scale. To produce sustainable goods, thus obtained larvae are bio-refined to get proteins, for food and feed; antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) - to fight multidrug resistant bacteria (MDR); elicitors – to reinforce natural plants’ defences and avoid the utilisation of pesticides; and even the dejections of the insects are used as biofertilizers, making this process a perfect example of circular economy." title="" class="btn" data-container="body" data-html="true" data-id="203757" data-placement="top" data-toggle="popover" data-trigger="focus" style="color:#0077b5" tabindex="0" data-original-title="Norbite"> 932
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Järfälla Municipality, Sweden
Järfälla
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1 year, 10 months agoA literal butterfly effect on circular economy!
Norbite transforms plastic waste into sustainable goods by means of an insect-based biorefinery.
The selected insect, Galleria mellonella, possess the extraordinary capacity to naturally digests plastic. Norbite took advantage of this feeding specificity of G. mellonella and has developed a proprietary vertical farming technology to enable the insects to perform at industrial scale.
To produce sustainable goods, thus obtained larvae are bio-refined to get proteins, for food and feed; antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) - to fight multidrug resistant bacteria (MDR); elicitors – to reinforce natural plants’ defences and avoid the utilisation of pesticides; and even the dejections of the insects are used as biofertilizers, making this process a perfect example of circular economy.
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