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Marine by-products processing

"Organic waste" from companies in the seafood sector is made up of organic, biodegradable residues from the production and processing of materials.

There are several possible recovery routes: animal feed, human food, the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, energy recovery (methanization), direct land application or composting. This is why we speak of "by-products" and even "co-products" rather than "waste". This is increasingly the case in France and Europe (Norway, Denmark, Spain, for example) in seafood processing companies.

In regulatory terms, marine by-products are classified as animal by-products. European Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 sets out detailed rules for the collection and processing...