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Demo plant produces industrial sugars from mixed household waste fractions

Envirotec Magazine

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. Building manufacturing capabilities in Europe will reduce the carbon footprint of shipping materials from cheaper producers, such as Asia,” adds Nick.

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India’s first insect farming startup Loopworm secures $3.4m seed round led by Omnivore, WaterBridge

AFN Sustainable Protein

Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 There is a reverse logistics mechanism in place and there are recyclers in place. million in seed funding co-led by Indian agrifood VC Omnivore and WaterBridge Ventures. Loopworm is the first Indian technology startup to farm insects for animal feed.

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How My Green Lab is cleaning up R&D

GreenBiz

My Green Lab's 15 partners and sponsors include biotech giant Genentech, MilliporeSigma and USA Scientific. There’s a lot of best-practice sharing on novel ideas, such as for recycling lab gloves and reducing water use, Sörme noted. Projects and progress. There's a ton of innovation happening," he said. to adapt locally.

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2022’s 5 biggest foodtech deals

AFN Sustainable Protein

billion and were split across North America, Asia and Oceana. New Zealand-based carbon recycling company LanzaTech uses bacteria to convert carbon emissions into raw materials, chemicals and fuels like ethanol. AgFunder data shows that three of the top five 2022 deals for agrifoodtech were in these food delivery sectors.

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How My Green Lab is cleaning up R&D

AGreenLiving

Projects and progress My Green Lab’s 15 partners and sponsors include biotech giant Genentech, MilliporeSigma and USA Scientific. There’s a lot of best-practice sharing on novel ideas, such as for recycling lab gloves and reducing water use, Sörme noted. “There’s a ton of innovation happening,” he said.

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Why technology could make animals obsolete

AFN Sustainable Protein

Applying the latest technologies from biotech, tissue engineering, artificial intelligence, and food science, entrepreneurs are trying to create new animal-free products that are cheaper, healthier, tastier, and more sustainable. Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Six years later, he is CEO of Clara Foods, a biotech food company that uses fermentation to create egg proteins without involving chickens. Global Compact, as co-founder of sustainable fashion company Fauna and as project manager for sustainable fashion at nonprofit Redress Asia, among other roles. Deonna Anderson.