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KOTA KINABALU: Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Junz Wong has unveiled the ‘Black Soldier’ project which will soon be implemented in Sabah, with an eye to producing organic fertilizers for local farmers while at the same time help to resolve the disposal of food wastes more effectively.

He made the announcement during his recent visit to a ‘Black Soldier’ PT. Maggot Indonesia Lestari project farm in Bogor.

Junz was briefed by Pak Markus Susanto on the Bioconversion Waste to Protein process – converting food waste into ‘frass’ (bio-fertilizer).

He said the world is overloaded with wastes that not many people can handle such bio-organic wastes from households, wet markets, food outlets, restaurants, animal farms and many other sources of waste contributors.

“The current common forms of treatment are small portion being fed to animals and the rest for landfills throughout many countries in the world, including Sabah. We have been looking at various methodologies to deal with these wastes which will decompose and discharge tons of leachate leaching into our water aquifers, besides emitting greenhouse gases like hydrogen sulphide, methane and carbon dioxide, inevitably contributing to climate change,” he explained.

Junz said he is also looking into biogas production via anaerobic digestion producing methane for power generation, another option through the ‘Black Soldier’ project.

According to the minister, bio-composting of bio-organic waste looks promising, but the final product off take is not encouraging and could render high cost to the government.

“Bio-conversion by larvae is one of the most promising processes to deal with the wastes. Bio-organic waste will be fed to hungry larvae which will consume 5,000 times their body weight from the moment these are inoculated into the waste, thereby producing a potent bio-fertilizer containing anti-pathogenic ingredients to combat crops roots, basal, airborne and pest diseases as documented in many research journals,” he said.

Sabah could also use the same method in palm oil. Dr Alexius Darmadi, the pioneer in research and development of ‘Black Soldier’ in Indonesia is willing to help the palm oil farmers in Sabah.

Dr Darmadi is the president of EVONIK Industries, president director of Biowax Greenergy, and also one of the pioneers who started the bio-diesel bio-wax downstream industrialization, utilising palm oil in Indonesia and exporting candles to Europe.

“During the working visit, we witnessed the complete process of breeding the Black Soldier flies and the bio-organic waste bio-conversion process. We were convinced that this system would solve our bio-organic waste problems.

“We learned that the bio-fertilizer could fetch a good price and the off take demand was overwhelming selling up to RM5 per kilo in Malaysia,” Junz disclosed.

The Bogor Black Soldier farm processes an average of five metric tons per day of municipal waste from restaurants. The farm produces Black Soldier larvae at their nursery.

“Too much chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used in Sabah, especially in Kundasang areas. So to start off, a BSF pilot project to try and help Ranau farmers to go green, organic and healthy will be initiated in Kundasang,” Junz concluded.

Articles from https://www.theborneopost.com/2018/10/31/sabah-to-go-green-with-black-soldier-project/

BANDAR LAMPUNG (Lampungpro.co): Ketua Tim Penggerak (TP) PKK Kota Bandar Lampung Hj. Eva Dwiana Herman HN bersama 25 kader mengikuti pelatihan olah sampah organik rumah tangga ke PT Maggot Indonesia Lestari, Desa Cijayanti, Kecamatan Babakan Madang, Kabupaten Bogor, Jawa Barat, Mingggu (24/11/2019). Lewat pelatihan ini, PKK Bandar Lampung mengajak para kader mengolah sampah organik menjadi komoditas berharga.

“Kunci keberhasilan penanganan sampah organik itu dimulai dari kaum ibu dengan memilah sampah sejak di rumah tangga. Sekarang sudah banyak dikembangkan budidaya ulat maggot sebagai solusi mengatasi sampah organik, sekaligus bisa menghasilkan ulat sebagai sumber protein untuk budidaya ikan dan ayam,” kata Eva Dwiana yang langsung memimpin dan terlibat dalam pelatihan itu.

Solusi ini, menurut Eva, merupakan yang termudah dan termurah, sekaligus bisa dijadikan tambahan penghasilan bagi anggota PKK. Hasil budidaya ulat maggot ini bakal dijadikan pakan ternak lele dan ayam sebagai tambahan penghasilan bagi anggota PKK. “Jadi, ibu-ibu PKK tetap bisa di rumah membantu penghasilan suami sekaligus mengatasi sampah organik rumah tangga,” kata Eva yang juga anggota DPRD Provinsi Lampung itu.

Dalam skala besar, kata Bunda Eva, sapaan akrabnya, pengolahan sampah organik perkotaan dengan ulat maggot juga menjadi salah satu solusi mengatasi produksi sampah organik yang selama ini dibuang begitu saja ke Tempat Pembuangan Akhir (TPA) Bakung, Telukbetung Barat. Menurut Eva, langkah awal PKK ini, lebih menitikberatkan pada edukasi memilah sampah dimulai dari rumah tangga.

“Para kader PKK ini diharapkan jadi ujung tombak pemilahan sampah. Setelah itu, baru nanti kita rancang bagaimana dalam skala besar mengatasi sampah organik dari restoran, rumah makan, hotel, rumah sakit, dan pasar. Banyak negara menjadikan budidaya ulat maggot ini sebagai solusi dan Bandar Lampung akan menjadi pelopor dalam menangani sampah organik ini,” kata Eva yang juga istri Walikota Bandar Lampung itu.

Kepada peserta pelatihan, Direktur Utama PT Maggot Indonesia Lestari, Markus Susanto, mengatakan pengolahan sampah organik ini menggunakan metode biokonversi BSF. “Ujung tombaknya memang ibu-ibu dengan memilah sampah dari sumbernya. Salah satu kendala olah sampah organik ini karena masih banyak bercampur dengan sampah nonorganik,” kata Markus Susanto.

Menurut Markus, ulat maggot merupakan mampu mengubah ribuan ton sampah menjadi protein dan pupuk. Ulat ini dapat menjadi pakan ikan dan kini menjadi salah satu komoditas ekspor yang banyak diminati negara-negara Eropa. “Olah sampah organik sistem ini bisa dibuat skala kecil hingga besar. Di Ghuangzou, China, bahkan dibuat skala besar yang mampu menghabiskan sampah organik dalam jumlah ribuan ton per hari,” kata Markus. (PRO1)

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