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An eco-friendly restaurant in London, named Silo, is bringing invasive species to the table.

Silo dishes up non-native species which are negatively impacting the UK's ecosystem.

Silo's intention is to raise awareness of the destructive impact of these non-native species.

Many of them are edible and are highly nutritious.

Head chef Douglas McMaster highlights that by adding them to the menu Silo's minimising their damage to the local ecosystem.

Silo's current dishes feature the signal crayfish, which is a species imported from the USA to aquafarms in the UK.

However, they've become a major threat to the local ecosystem.

Professor Karim Vahed believes this is an example of the destructive impact invasive species can have.

All ingredients on the menu are gathered from the wild.

Silo's intention is for harmful species to decline in numbers, which reduces the possibility of taking over the environment.

However, this lack of commercial availability increases the time it takes to prepare meals.

Although Vahed stresses the negative impact of invasive species, he opposes Silo's solution.

He fears that this might contribute to the problem by driving up demand for these new ingredients.

However, chef McMaster thinks differently.

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