Asia Plastics Upcycling Waste 
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Fortuna Cools recently announced the launch of the Nutshell Cooler, a collapsible cooler made using upcycled coconut fiber sourced from the Philippines and designed to outperform plastic. Since the liners use recycled PET, there are no virgin plastic components to the coolers either.
AFN Sustainable Protein
AUGUST 25, 2022
From waste to protein and micronutrient-rich animal feed. Loopworm grows insects on food waste and processes them into value-added products for the animal feed industry. The company sources this food waste — which it likes to call “organic byproduct”– from food processors, retail food chains, and fruit markets.
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AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
In the fight against pollution and environmental waste, there are many levels of similarly-minded people in government, nonprofit, for-profit and community all working towards the same goals. Tide starts at the source by training fishermen to collect and properly sort plastic from the waterways of Southeast Asia.
GreenBiz
MAY 12, 2020
There’s no doubt about it — we are in the midst of a plastic pollution crisis. We’ve all seen the viral images of turtles with straws stuck up their noses, or whales washed up with bellies full of plastic bags. And one of the biggest contributors to this plastic crisis is the space we operate in: the cosmetics industry.
AGreenLiving
DECEMBER 26, 2019
Banana leaves as packaging If you’ve ever had the good fortune to visit a southern Indian restaurant in Asia, you may have been served dinner on a banana leaf instead of a plate. Way to cut down on plastic packaging! This cactus plastic begins breaking down in a month when placed in soil and only a few days in water.
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2021
Serving as a United States Marine in the Asia Pacific region, Briana Buckles often witnessed extreme poverty. Pantys’ products cut down on plastic waste — one person uses up to 15,000 pads and tampons over a lifetime, most of which wind up in landfills, estimates show. Elsa Wenzel. Briana Buckles, 29. LinkedIn . Heather Clancy.
Elemental Excelerator
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Enterprises interested in deploying projects in Hawaii, California’s low- to moderate-income communities, and Asia Pacific. Waste to value ideas. Plastic alternatives. Waste reduction and upcycling. World-changing companies in energy, food & agriculture, water, mobility, the circular economy, and beyond.
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