Composting For Climate Change: More Important Than You Might Think
We focus often on high-tech solutions to climate change, however, some of the easiest and cheapest ways to fix climate change are right under our feet.
food waste
From Google Kitchens: 4 Ways To Prevent Food Waste
Creative ways to prevent food waste, which is all too common and in a country where hunger is an issue, are being pursued by Google Kitchens. That’s right, Google has kitchens. It has employees to feed and since Google is on a sustainability mission, its kitchens offer an innovative way to help with the issue of food waste.
These Companies Are On A Mission To Put An End To Wasting Food
Combating food waste has taken center stage as the food sector works to build a sustainable future.
California Startup Apeel Sciences Reduces Food Waste By Protecting Produce
The southern-California startup Apeel Sciences is using a plant-based material to prevent food waste. The company makes a protective powder that farmers can add water to in order to spray on produce. The mixture creates a layer of protection on top of the natural peel of a fruit or vegetable to reduce perishability.
Renault Aids The Felix Project, Delivering Food To London’s Most In Need
Sometimes, life’s harsher realities affect the hearts and minds of the young more than others who find the stories of hunger in children further from their own lives. Felix Byam Shaw’s compassion developed for other young boys when he found out they did not have necessary comforts of life — such as the regular meals that some of us take for granted. Renault explains: “In particular, after he played in a football match and discovered that none of the opposing team of 10-year-old boys from South London had anything to eat that day.”
UK Startup Winnow Raises $7.4 Million With Food Waste Reduction Tech
UK startup Winnow has been helping businesses tackle food waste head on by using smart meter technology attached to waste bins in combination with their software system to track and report the food wastage of commercial kitchens.
How Food Waste Turned A Barren Landscape In Costa Rica Into A Lush Forest
Orange isn’t just the new black. It’s also the new green. Twenty years ago, an orange juice producer dumped thousands of tons of orange peels and pulp onto a barren section of a Costa Rican national park, which has since transformed into a lush, vine-laden woodland. The shift is a dramatic illustration of how agricultural waste can regenerate a forest and sequester vast sums of carbon — for free.
Tackling The Climate Crisis Will Help Us All Breathe Easier
The climate crisis can sometimes seem like an abstract, intangible problem. But one of the biggest reasons for tackling it is all around us. In fact, chances are you’re breathing it right now.
Imperfect Produce Tackles Food Waste In Innovative Way (@ImportantMedia Original)
Bay Area startup Imperfect Produce saw the ugly veggies we throw away as absurd waste and created a business model around it.
Portable Anaerobic Digestion Unit Ready For Demonstration
The HORSE, a portable anaerobic digestion machine that creates energy & fertilizer, is ready for the demonstration phase, and is raising funds for that.
