03 March 2021
Focus area: Waste
Program stream: Sustainability
Project number: 2021-1053
AMPC worked with an Australian red meat processing plant to determine the preliminary feasibility of hide collagen as an alternative market for Australian beef hides. There are currently limited markets for hides and, in some cases, processors are unable to sell their hides and subsequently they are treated as a waste product, being rendered, or disposed of in landfill.
This project determined that hide collagen is a direct market alternative and is estimated at on average across categories to be worth US$37/head. It is accompanied by strong growth in demand across many product categories.