Pioneer in the circular economy
Total Partnership, Revalorisation, Optimisation, Transparency, Ecology and Circularity, Trotec for short, is a family business with a rich history. It was founded in 1968 by Bruno Pauwelyn and Beatrix Christiaens. Today, their daughters Sigrid and Dorethé Pauwelyn run the company.
Trotec is a pioneer in processing former foodstuffs into high-quality circular ingredients for animal feed. Over the past 55 years, we have evolved in parallel with the strong growth of industrial food producers.
A sustainable solution
Trotec transforms former foodstuffs of vegetable origin and unsold food products from the food industry and retail. These products are no longer fit for human consumption for a variety of reasons. The inbound products can be either bulk products or packaged goods.
We keep these valuable food products in the food chain. Trotec thus offers a sustainable and circular solution to industrial food companies and contributes to the EU goal of reducing food waste by 50% by 2030. For animal feed manufacturers, Trotec offers a high-quality circular feed ingredient that significantly reduces the carbon footprint of animal feed.
"We do not inherit the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children"
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Our vision and mission
Vision
Trotec actively participates in the circular economy by avoiding food waste. However, this goes far beyond processing former foodstuffs.
- We encourage all means and action to combat food waste.
- We subscribe to all sustainable consumption and production model.
- Our ambition is to lead the technological field in every phase of processing.
- Our finished product meets the highest quality standards because without food safety there can be no circularity.
- We actively work with companies, institutions and authorities that promote and pursue sustainability and the circular economy.
- We encourage all our employees to actively promote this circular vision.
Mission
To that end, we subscribe to the following:
- Minimal energy consumption goals
- The importance of long-term relationships with all stakeholders
- The United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs): we have identified 10 goals that we can implement within our company.
Trotec share in your sustainability report
Working with Trotec is working together for a sustainable circular future! Every year, Trotec processes around 250,000 tonnes of former foodstuffs. With this quantity, we produce 220,000 tonnes of TrotecMix, our circular feed ingredient.
TrotecMix can be used to replace primary feed crops such as corn, wheat, barley and even sugar and palm oil. Using 220,000 tonnes of TrotecMix instead of these primary feed crops:
- saves 361.7 million m³ of water annually
- avoids 138.6 million kg of CO2 emissions annually
- keeps 36,667 hectares of agricultural land free annually for crops for human consumption
These are official figures that we can personalise according to your company's individual share within Trotec! Wondering how big this sustainability share is? Contact us!
