Rendering is a necessary service
In the wild kingdom, insects, birds, and animals
provide nature's clean-up service. In fact, there is no
more efficient service. However, in the modern,
urbanized environment in which most of us now live,
humans create more waste streams than nature can rapidly
take care of.
Household garbage constitutes one waste stream that
goes to the landfill. Another waste stream, created
by all levels of the food processing industry, from
slaughterhouse to supermarket, comprises protein
material considered to be inedible. This
raw material is not dumped. There is too much of
it and, in any event, it can be recycled. It is this
waste stream, which is approximately equal in volume
to the amount of protein we consume, that is
disposed of by the
recycling process we call
rendering.
Without this necessary service provided by the
rendering industry, landfills, sewers and drains
would be overflowing with rotting protein, with no
where else to go.
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