ZERO WASTE TO LANDFILL SOLUTIONS

Globally, 30% of all food produced is wasted, significant volumes never even make it to retail stores. At The Friendly Cow, we provide organisations with a zero waste to landfill solution for post-industrial dry goods.

This provides organisations with the opportunity to achieve zero waste to landfill targets and reduce carbon emissions through the beneficiation of organic waste.

The waste management landscape in South Africa is heavily regulated. Compliance must be achieved at each phase of the value chain and the Friendly Cow prides itself in being compliant at each of these. Maintaining compliance and ensuring accurate reporting is integral to the way we do business and what sets us apart from our competitors.

Not all organic waste can be safely fed to animals and not all animals should be fed organic waste. The Friendly Cow has a strict selection process that ensures only fit for purpose products form part of our production process. All raw materials are sampled to determine their nutritional value before being incorporated into the mix.

The final products are registered with the Department of Agriculture as approved animal feed, with the corresponding “V” numbers.

As circularity becomes more of a priority in how we design food systems, its important that we look at how best to deal with food waste. Food-waste-to-feed pathways can provide many environmental benefits, particularly to alleviate land-use change burdens and significant reduction in GHG emissions.

The future is bright for The Friendly Cow as the next few years will see the company embarking on a full circle holistic strategy to incorporate various additional organic waste beneficiation options including Composting and Black Soldier Fly solutions.