Heads up, Rangers! EcoRanger presents organic waste management innovation in the Waste Management Center (SEKOLA). Now, besides converting organic waste into compost, we also grow maggot cultivation. This is a comprehensive story of EcoRanger utilizing maggot cultivation in reducing organic waste.
Maggot Cultivation
Many people are familiar with maggot cultivation. This cultivation business is growing rapidly for living. Maggot is a larva of black soldier fly. This is a fly that doesn’t carry bacteria.
BSF larva is well cultivated in tropical and subtropical climates. There are 4 steps to cultivate it; create breeding media, maggot breeding, maggot preservation, and harvesting.
You need to ferment the brand to make the breeding media. This process takes 4-5 days to attract BSF to breed there. BSF likes fermentation scent. The eggs will hatch after 1-3 days.
After the eggs hatch, we should feed maggots with organic waste. It takes 2-3 weeks to grow up until harvesting. Don’t forget to take some maggots to breed into BSF so they can lay eggs again.
Maggot Cultivation Advantages
The maggot cultivation has a lot of advantages for the economy or environment. The product is sold for livestock feed. This is a high-quality livestock feed since it contains high protein. The protein contained in it reaches 30%-40%. Therefore, many people cultivate and sell it to the farmer.
It is also a good decomposer. They eat organic materials such as organic waste. They decompose waste fast and efficiently. Maggot can eat 2 Kg of organic waste in just one day. They have an important role in preventing organic waste from polluting the environment.
It feces is also can be recycled as compost. The compost gives nutrition to the plant and makes them grow better. Besides the feces, we can also compost the food waste. It is also called Kasgot.
Solving Organic Waste Problem
Maggot cultivation is an efficient way to solve organic waste problem. They are very voracious and reduce organic waste significantly. This is an example of circular economy implementation in waste management.
EcoRanger initiates to cultivate maggots in Pancer Village, Banyuwangi Regency through SEKOLA since it brings a lot of advantages. We choose this strategy to increase organic waste recycle index in SEKOLA. Every month SEKOLA process 14 tonnes of organic waste.
Priorly, EcoRanger recycles organic waste as compost. Then, the cultivation gives a new opportunity to implement circular economy in waste management. Eventually, we can recycle more organic waste and this cultivation supports the operation and education of waste management for the community.
EcoRanger maximizes the potential of responsible waste management through maggot cultivation in Pancer Village, Bayuwangi Regency, a tourism destination. Waste problem management is in line with the growth of innovation and community welfare. Then, sustainable tourism will bring prosperity to all parties. To care, to clean, to sustain!