According to The Straits Times, KFC is collaborating with Singapore-based sustainable packaging company Tria on a trial project that intends to recycle food and packaging waste from local stores into fertilizers for agricultural use. The test program began at the KFC branch in Yishun's Northpoint City.
At the six-month project's official launch event in Tuas, Yara International, a major producer of fertilizer in Norway, will also work closely with the organizers to determine if expanding the pilot to produce a good that complies with international standards would be commercially viable.
An important illustration of a project that can assist farmers in Singapore, as well as governments, in achieving food security is the Tria-KFC organic recycling pilot. To scale such project, more players in the food industry should take initiative to adopt such solutions just like KFC does.
The partnership with KFC supports the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and promotes better sustainability in the food services sector by recycling food waste that would otherwise need to be burned.
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At the conclusion of the pilot, KFC Singapore's general manager Lynette Lee said the company will evaluate the findings and determine whether expanding the initiative island wide is feasible.
