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Turning by-products from bakery and confectionary factories into animal feed at Fazer

Published: 02/02/2014

In Finland, Fazer’s bakery and confectionary factories and mill and mixes in 2014, 90% of the total amount of waste was recycled or recycled as energy.  Most of the unsellable by-products from production is recycled as raw material for bio-ethanol, and the rest is used as animal feed and also donations to food aid if possible. For instance, in 2014 Fazer began a partnership with Lahti Energia for the utilisation of oat husks from milling operations for power generation.