/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9410087
because the cost of collecting and transporting everyones food waste to pig farms is more than the cost to feed them whatever they currently eat.

if it was economically viable they would be doing it already.

>>9410091
Actually, in the UK we have food waste separated by the people throwing away the waste themselves, as we have dedicated waste bins and dedicated food waste bins in households. All that would be required was to take the food waste already being collected by the government and sell it to farms, who could run it through some kind of purity check then straight to food.

>>9410087
Vet student here. While feeding food waste to pigs would be economical, it's a disease risk.

For example, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow's disease) spread to cattle and humans because of adding "unwanted" animal parts to animal feed.

In case of pigs, African swine fever spreads through food too. Feeding pork or wildboar to pigs is part of the reason why African swine fever has taken over Europe.

>>9410172
Damn! My ancestors in their farms just fed pigs whatever the heck. Guess I narrowly avoided extinction

>>9410087
Because we're already feeding it to countless bacteria and fungi.

>>9410091
Then why don't we just move the pigs to the food waste?

>>9410190
Most of these diseases are fairly new and caused by modern way of keeping animals. ASF spread to Europe and Asia only a few decades ago.

Pig populations are now much larger, too. I bet your ancestors didn't have a thousand pigs crammed into a small building, where one infected animal spreads the disease quickly to others.

>>9410190
Argumentum ad antiquitatem + ab absurdo in the same package! WOW

BRAINLETTTT

>>9410315
I wasn't trying to insult the guy, I was @ing that image at myself. Also, ab absurdo is a legitimate way to disprove an argument if it makes the correct logical steps. Strawman is what you're looking for.

>>9410315
Not every post on 4chan is an argument you cynical bastard

>>9410087
During the Hoover administration they planned this elaborate scheme to harvest and redistribute wasted but still safe food from restaurants. It was never implemented because of optics.