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Modified waste-eating flies put to work: <\/strong>Australian scientists have genetically engineered a black soldier flies \u2014 already used to commercially consume organic waste \u2014 to expand their ability to consume more types of waste while producing useful ingredients used in manufacturing, The Guardian<\/a> reports, citing a study (pdf)<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Useful nuisances: <\/strong>Black soldier flies can produce ingredients used to make lubricants, biofuels, and high grade animal feeds when breaking down organic waste. They can be found globally except in Antarctica and can eat double their body weight, consuming waste faster than microbes. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s next: <\/strong>The university team set up a company named EntoZyme to take their genetically modified flies to commercial operations by the end of 2024. They\u2019re also considering engineering the flies to deal with pollutants in different ways such as breaking them down into less toxic or inorganic compounds, evaporating them, or taking them into their bodies to leave clean and organic waste behind.<\/span><\/p>\n

An answer to the world\u2019s growing waste problem? <\/strong>The team of researchers in Sydney\u2019s Macquarie University hope these modified flies can help reduce the amount of methane produced when organic waste is broken down. One of the scientists described it as the \u201cnext frontier\u201d of waste management solutions as the world grapples with increasing amounts of food waste, already estimated at 1 bn tons a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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