Category: Waste Reduction
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Single-use plastics are a threat to the world, and a large contributor of that waste is bottled water. The segment, led by food conglomerates including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle, is a huge business, pulling in $16 billion in 2016 in the U.S. It makes sense then that startups and other companies are now introducing alternatives…
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UK-based tech startup Winnow announced today it has raised a $12 million Series B round for its food waste solution for commercial kitchens. The round is backed by IKEA partner Ingka Group as well as The Ingenious Group, Mustard Seed, Circulatory Capital, and D-Ax. It raised an $8 million loan from The European Investment Bank…
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From single-serve utensils to bags, the world is drowning in plastic, and recycling won’t save us. That’s why environmentally friendly alternatives are desperately needed to prevent more damage to the planet. One inventive solution, courtesy of 20-year-old Indian inventor Tenith Adithyaa, is what he calls banana leaf technology, a process that he says costs 1…
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I’m a cheapskate and hate food waste, so whenever I can’t finish my food at a restaurant — no matter how little is left — I ask to get it boxed up to take home. The next day I usually end up eating the rest of it for lunch and throwing away the container it…
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Many children are often more excited — at least initially — about the cheap toy in a fast food kids meal than the actual food. But those little hunks of plastic will now be a thing of the past at U.K. Burger Kings, CNN reports. Responding to a Change.org petition from British sisters Ella and…
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Reuters published a depressing animated graphic last week that showed how big the world’s addiction to plastic bottles is (picture a mountain next Manhattan). Three hundred and eighty million metric tons of plastic was created in 2015, with more than 80 percent of that plastic was discarded or incinerated. The good news is that as…
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Chicago-based Hazel Technologies announced today it has closed a $13 million oversubscribed Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to $17.8 million. The Series B round was led by Pangea Ventures and S2G Ventures, with participation from The Grantham Foundation and Asahi Kasei Ventures, and returning investors Rhapsody Venture Partners, Serra Ventures, and…
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If online grocery retailer Rise Mrkt has its way, shoppers will soon be able to get their pantry staples delivered right to their door and free of packaging waste like plastic. The startup bills itself as “a radically sustainable online grocery store, though it hasn’t actually launched yet. The NYC-based company currently has a campaign…
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Sure, our news round up is cool, but it’s not going to give you any relief if you’re in the middle of one of the global heatwaves. But it will make you smarter about food tech, so… there’s that. Chill as best you can. And while you’re at it, catch up on a few more…
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Nestlé has created a KitKat bar that combines two things we love here at The Spoon: chocolate and upcycling. Bloomberg reported yesterday that the Swiss candy maker has developed a way to use leftover material from cocoa plants to sweeten dark chocolate with no additional sugar. How is this confectionary wizardry possible? Bloomberg writes, “The…
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These days, it seems like every time I get food I’m left with a pile of plastic to throw away. Food delivery, meal kits, to-go orders — the ketchup packets alone add up to a staggering amount of plastic. And sadly, the vast majority of it ends up in landfills or clogging up our oceans.…
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Plenty of efforts are underway right now to create a more sustainable restaurant industry, from proposed plastic cutlery bans to companies curbing food waste to drinking straws made of hay. But the question that will become more and more important as time goes by is, What will all these various efforts look like when put…
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