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How do you tackle microplastics? Start with your washing machine.

Grist

By one estimate , they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. Blackburn’s own startup, Keracol, develops natural dyes, pulled from things like fruit waste, that break down more easily in nature than synthetic ones. Research has yet to establish just what this means for human and planetary health.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

The startup space is buoyant with cash and targeting a blend of retail, direct-to-consumer and food service channels, playing with ingredients such as kelp, koji and mung beans. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors. New Wave Foods.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

AGreenLiving

The startup space is buoyant with cash and targeting a blend of retail, direct-to-consumer and food service channels, playing with ingredients such as kelp, koji and mung beans. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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Laying Down Our Markers

Elemental Excelerator

We recently took that input from community members in Hawaii and California and devised a list of 39 different startup ideas that we’d like to fund for our next cohort. On some of the beaches in Hawaii’s Big Island, as much as 15% of the “sand” is actually grains of microplastic. ” * * *.

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? Uranium prices go nuclear #181

Climate Tech VC

Now as nuclear makes a comeback, increased demand combined with a neglected supply chain has fueled a uranium price spike. A supply-demand chain reaction for uranium prices Uranium prices went nuclear on Monday, blasting past $100/lb for the first time since 2008. of national emissions, at the price of 2,800 jobs.

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Human Nature: Insights from Interactive 2022

Elemental Excelerator

Speed, Scale, Startups, and Schools of Sustainability. “Through Elemental’s Navigator program, we were introduced to United Airlines, which I’m stoked to announce invested in Dimensional Energy to help us bring speed and scale and serve the global sustainable aviation fuel demand.” KEYNOTE CONVERSATIONS.

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Eco Friendly Retail Packaging Complete Guide (Sustainable Packaging Innovations)

Green Business Bureau

This figure highlights a supply-demand discrepancy in the U.S. And when plastic does break down, the material disintegrates into tiny microparticles called microplastics. These microplastics accumulate within food chains, harming wildlife and humans. 3D printing with cellulose is another waste avoidance innovation.