Diverting organic waste from landfills via insect biomanufacturing using engineered black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)

Kate Tepper; Owain Edwards; Anwar Sunna; Ian T. Paulsen; Maciej Maselko

doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06516-8

Diverting organic waste from landfills via insect biomanufacturing using engineered black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)

Kate Tepper, Owain Edwards, Anwar Sunna, Ian T. Paulsen, Maciej Maselko

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A major roadblock towards the realisation of a circular economy are the lack of high-value products that can be generated from waste. Black soldier flies (BSF; Hermetia illucens) are gaining traction for their ability to rapidly consume large quantities of organic wastes. However, these are primarily used to produce a small variety of products, such as animal feed ingredients and fertiliser. Using synthetic biology, BSF could be developed into a novel sustainable biomanufacturing platform to valorise a broader variety of organic waste feedstocks into enhanced animal feeds, a large variety of high-value biomolecules including industrial enzymes and lipids, and improved fertiliser.

Original language	English
Article number	862
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Communications Biology
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06516-8
Publication status	Published - 24 Jul 2024

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