Category: Waste Reduction
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Even if you’re trying to shop sustainably — buying in bulk, choosing local produce, bringing your own bag to the supermarket — chances are, your weekly grocery order isn’t totally waste-free. But one startup in Brooklyn wants to make zero-waste grocery shopping a reality. The Wally Shop is an online grocery-delivery service where the packaging,…
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HG Ventures today announced a $2.5 million seed round investment in food upcycling company, Renewal Mill. My colleague, Catherine Lamb spotted Renewal Mill at the recent Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, and described their business in a post, writing: The Oakland-based company works with Hodo Foods, an organic tofu producer, to source their…
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KFC announced today it plans to eliminate non-reusable, plastic-based packaging from its supply chain by 2025, Nations Restaurant News reports. To meet that pledge, the chain will work with suppliers worldwide to identify alternative plastic sources for items like lids, cutlery, straws, and plastic bags. Additionally, the chain said via press release it will conduct…
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Brooklyn-based Cocoburg announced yesterday it has closed a private funding round of roughly $500,000 for its coconut jerky brand. The round was led by Noroc Naturals and follows two small seed rounds, one in 2016 and one in 2017. The idea for the company, which sells different flavors of vegan coconut jerky, came to founder…
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In anticipation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Atlanta-based startup Goodr launched a service project to reduce food waste and feed the hungry in MLK’s home city. Goodr has partnered with the Atlanta Hawks to launch a “Pop-Up Grocery” event in tandem with the Hawks’ court dedication at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation and…
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The age of bottled water may soon come to an end — or at least plateau. Last week the Wall Street Journal published a piece that called the future of the bottled water industry into question. The “why” is obvious: Driven by images of waste-choked ocean life, plus government and corporate initiatives to eliminate single-use plastic…
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Whenever I get word about a new meal kit company, it’s hard not to be immediately skeptical. It’s no secret that meal kits are struggling: Chef’d surprised everyone when it shut down abruptly earlier this year. Boston hyper-local meal kit Just Add Cooking ceased operations this fall. And Blue Apron’s stock continues to underwhelm. And…
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Every couple months, I go into my fridge and throw out all the forgotten and fuzzy food. It’s a guilt-inducing process – as it should be – and every time I search for those containers with festering science experiments inside I think there has to be a better way. Of course, there is an obvious…
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At most coffee shops, if you bring in a reusable mug you might get a 10% discount on your mocha, or just a pat on the back. But Vessel Works is upping the ante: today the company launched a beta program in two cafés in Boulder, Colorado, which lets people rent a reusable stainless steel…
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We’re deep in the swing of apple season, and at least in the U.S. there’s one apple to rule them all: the Honeycrisp. Delicious to eat and tricky to cultivate, it’s so popular that farmers are having to pull less popular apple varietals (sorry, Red Delicious) to make room for more of the beloved fruit. Philadelphia-based…
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Happy Friday! Chris here, When you wake up every morning and scroll through the headlines, it’s easy to feel like we are in the darkest timeline. But then, there are weeks like this one, when bright spots appear and, for a little while, anyway, you think things just might be okay. One thing to feel…
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Of all the problems plaguing our world right now, there’s one that we can and do seem to be getting a handle on: Food Waste. Yes, we are nowhere near conquering the problem (Americans waste 150,000 tons of food each day), but there are so many energetic startups tackling the issue that you can’t help…
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