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This collapsible cooler is insulated with upcycled coconut fiber

AGreenLiving

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. Read the original here: This collapsible cooler is insulated with upcycled coconut fiber.

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

AFN Sustainable Protein

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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BREAKING: Entocycle lands $5m Series A from Climentum, Lowercarbon Capital to roll-out precision ag tech for insect farms

AFN Sustainable Protein

This is unsurprising given the challenges surrounding food waste — a typical feed stream for farmed insects — and the increasing demand for sustainable protein for both animal and human consumption. One comprises insect farming companies and waste upcycling companies that want to increase their efficiencies.

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Announcing Future Food Asia 2020 #FoodIsTheNewCool

Eco-Business

ID Capital announces the fourth edition of Future Food Asia - APAC's premier AgriFoodTech competition, and its title partners Food has always been a necessity, a source of joy and a way of cultural expression. The Future Food Asia 2020 (FFA 2020) conference will help discover out just how 'cool' food is, separating the fad from the future.

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MVMT releases new bracelet made from recycled ocean plastic

AGreenLiving

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.

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How cosmetics retailer Lush is making purposeful profit through circularity

GreenBiz

Consider that the cosmetics industry brings in a booming $500 billion every year and imagine the waste created by default. As businesses, we can manufacture and sell products with no packaging, create closed-loop recycling systems and collaborate with suppliers to create innovative solutions for reducing waste — all while thriving.

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A wave of climate-conscious startups are brewing ‘beanless coffee’

Grist

At least a few startups are also focusing on agricultural waste products to make their brews, helping to keep food waste out of landfills. In Europe and Western Asia, drinks have been made out of chicory, chickpeas , dandelion root, figs, grains, lupin beans , and soybeans.