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The Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia Illucens Linnaeus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): A Novel Approach To Combat Food Waste In Windsor-Essex., Patricia Obianuju Okpara

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Within Ontario alone, approximately 3.7 million tonnes of organic food waste is generated yearly. This waste includes food scraps, wasted food, and plant wastes such as leaves, plant stems, and fruit. Most of it is transported to landfills for composting each year, but the use of landfills as a method of waste management is not sustainable. It adds strain to the environment by releasing harmful greenhouse gases and by demanding landfill space. The current protocols set by the Ontario government, while promising, do not address methods that support the safe disposal of organic waste and conversion into valuable end products …