Category: Waste Reduction
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The startup wants to create a world where cans and plastic bottles aren’t destroying the ocean.
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Fast food giant McDonald’s announced today that it is joining the efforts of Starbucks and Closed Loop Partners to spur development of a recyclable and/or compostable cup. The golden arches will contribute $5 million to Closed Loop’s NextGen Cup Consortium, which follows the $10 million Starbucks committed to the project back in March. According to…
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It’s no secret that wild-caught seafood is fraught, what with its declining supply and associations with inhumane labor practices. Many tout farmed fish as a more ethical and sustainable (not to mention cheaper) way to satisfy our seafood cravings, which is why aquaculture is the fastest growing food-producing sector. In fact, as of 2016, aquaculture produced…
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OK. Look. When you are a blogger covering any beat 24/7, there comes a time when your brain needs to stop providing analysis and context to news events and just write about something small and yet totally satisfyingly cool. Which is why, dear readers, I am writing to you about my straw. Well, it’s not…
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Food tech startups continue to raise money around the world, and the first half of this week has already seen a bunch of funding news: Olio, a UK-based food waste startup, raised a $6 million Series A round led by Octopus Ventures. Taking a hyperlocal approach, Olio’s platform lets people and business list unwanted or surplus…
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I was just at Disneyland this past weekend, where the temperature hovered around 100 degrees. That is a very fast way to get a very real sense of exactly how wasteful single-use plastic straws are, as you see tens of thousands of people slurp down sodas and iced coffees then toss them in the trash.…
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Up here in the Pacific Northwest it’s camping season! While I’m not much of a deep woods kinda guy, but I do enjoy a good car camp. But the one thing that bothers me about camping is the one-time use propane tanks for cooking. You literally burn through them and throw the canister in the…
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We hosted our third food tech meetup this past week, focused on food waste solutions. We were lucky enough to have it at Artefact, a beautiful design firm focused on sustainability and innovation. Attendees snacked on food from Evergreens Salads and Imperfect Produce before sitting down to a discussion with our panel. Here are a few…
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If you run any manner of catering business and haven’t yet looked into how you can cut back on food waste, a new report released this week might provide a bit of motivation. “The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Catering” comes courtesy of food waste coalition Champions 12.3 and is aimed at…
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Each year, Americans go through 380 billion single-use plastic bags. These bags can’t be recycled in your household bin; instead, you have to take them to special processing facilities, which generally means they just end up getting tossed into landfill or blowing around and getting stuck in tree branches. Global Wildlife estimates that, if we…
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Earlier this week, I read a fascinating piece by Fast Company predicting that the fashion of the future would be made from food waste. They were referencing Agraloop, a technology from Circular Systems which turns food crop waste, such as sugar cane bark, pineapple leaves, and hemp stalks, into low-cost natural fibers. By diverting food waste from five widespread cash…
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We know, we know — food waste is an astronomical problem. The good news is, lately it has been getting quite a bit of press, and there have been a smattering of apps, agtech tools, improved food freshness labels, and other innovations (edible food sensors, anyone?) aimed at reducing the gobsmackingly high amount of perfectly…
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