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Invention by Turkish teenagers turns leftovers into pet food

The students at a technical high school in Türkiye's Konya developed a scheme to reduce the waste from leftover food at school cafeterias, public institutions, hotels, and restaurants and turns them into food for cats and dogs.

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Sarı said they did research on how to use all types of waste food, and that the school's machinery, metal, and automation departments worked together in the process of converting leftover food into pet food. "We did several experiments. We tested several different methods for storing the food organically for a long time and selecting which mixes our animal companions would enjoy. We recently had success and created a prototype," he said.