Billions of cockroaches farmed to combat food waste| CCTV English

363 views · Published 26 December 2018 · 0:33 · Indexed 12 October 2026

Channel: Hi China · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Nowadays, growing Chinese cities are generating more food waste than they can accommodate in landfills, and cockroaches could be a way to get rid of hills of food scraps, providing nutritious food for livestock when the bugs eventually die and, some say, cures for stomach illness and beauty treatments.

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