Environmental News Bits

JULY 2, 2021

Enter “upcycling.” Or take a swig of juice with “reprocessed” ingredients made from other food byproducts? Without the right marketing, these don’t sound like the most appetizing options. That’s the relatively recent term for the age-old… Read more →

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Inhabitant

AUGUST 2, 2021

Papermelon jewelry is constructed from upcycled paper, which is collected from friends, neighbors and well-wishers.

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Inhabitant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Bowen Collection is a classically framed table with a twist — its top surface material is made using an ultra-durable blend of upcycled rice hulls that would have otherwise gone to waste.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 13, 2022

Upcycled food products (made from ingredients that would otherwise not have gone to human consumption) are the most straightforward and scalable path to reducing and preventing food waste, says Upcycled Food Association CEO Turner Wyatt. Read the full story at Food Navigator USA.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 29, 2022

Carbon Rivers, a company that produces advanced material and energy technologies, has commercialized a process to recover clean, mechanically intact glass fiber from decommissioned wind turbine … Continue reading Carbon Rivers makes wind turbine blade recycling and upcycling a reality with support from DOE.

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Cleannovate

JULY 9, 2023

Let me start with a disclaimer. This newsletter is all about sharing innovative ideas on circular businesses. Some of these ideas might just be concepts waiting for someone to put their mind and soul into them to see them through. But this particular one is an idea that excites me. So it’s not just a […]

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Cleannovate

JUNE 8, 2023

Picture an elegant plastic paper packaging. After disposal, what happens to it? Three options might arise… First, it could be reformed into cheap straws… Secondly, it could be reused to make another paper bag… Lastly, it could be reformed into a casing for a computer. These three scenarios look the same but their differences are […]

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Cleannovate

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I called a connection who would link me up with a unique butcher – one who sells beef fat. The next day, I linked up with him, bought some meat then he led me to a backstreet to some ladies who sold beef fat. They named their price and I thought it was a good bargain so we struck a deal.

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Cleannovate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Potato chips colour our parties. They are the go-to meal when we just want that fast filling, sumptuous and easy to fix snack. A few of us like to cook potatoes with the skin. But for those of us who peel them, where do we dispose of these wastes? Well, there are a few places where peels could find use.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 2, 2021

Comet Bio, which uses its patented upcycling technology to produce ingredients, has completed a Series C funding round with an initial close of $22 million. Read the full story in Food Business News. Open Prairie, a private equity management fund based in Effingham, Ill., led the round. Other investors included Louis Dreyfus Co.,

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 10, 2023

Upcycling company Do Good Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a filing in Delaware. Read the full story in Food Dive. The Bedminster, New Jersey-based company developed a closed-loop system to convert grocery food that can’t be sold or donated into nutrient-dense animal feed.

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Cleannovate

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

The thing with beef tallow is that it turns waxy immediately it’s removed from the flame. Wax, as we know it, it hard. And that’s exactly what we are looking for when we want to make bar soap. Combine hardness with good foaming, and you have a superb soap bar that can serve you for ages.

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Cleannovate

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Now, try poking your nose into a cauldron of simmering beef fat and you’ll understand what the title of this article means. Beef tallow is a superb product but has that distinct stink that seems to be worse than that of normal beef. This reality prevents many people from utilising this product.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2024

The Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program will hold an in-person training day and tour July 16 on Food Waste Reduction and Upcycling at the Penn State Berks Janssen Conference Center, 4150 Janssen Drive in Wyomissing, Berks County from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 23, 2022

New vegan products made with upcycled ‘imperfect’ vegetables are being developed by researchers in Europe. Read the full story at Food Navigator.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Biotrend Energy will use Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology in its planned plastics recycling factory in Turkey. The post Biotrend Energy to Use Honeywell Technology in Plastics Recycling Factory appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Inhabitant

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It is the world’s first mobile industrial-grade plastic trash upcycling platform. The World Design Organization named Trashpresso, designed by Miniwiz, a World Design Impact Prize Winner for 2021.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Upcycled food is the next frontier in recovering and repurposing food that may otherwise go to landfills, encouraging the reintroduction and reuse of food items into the supply chain. In an effort to advance the upcycled food industry, The Kroger Co. Read the full story at Progressive Grocer.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 17, 2022

The upcycled food movement is gaining momentum as product developers create new uses for previously overlooked ingredients. Read the full story in Food Business News. Exhibitors at Natural Products Expo West sampled nutritious food and beverages formulated with avocado seeds, celery scraps, orange peels and other landfill-bound leftovers.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 8, 2021

SuperGrain+ flour developed by ReGrained has become the first ingredient to receive the certification created by the Upcycled Food Association. Read the full story at Food Business News. The flour is derived from the byproduct of beer brewing and is rich in protein, dietary fiber and prebiotics, according to the company. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Joining the Food For Thought podcast this week is Pulp Pantry’s Kaitlin Mogentale here to talk about the upcycling food movement and how the process of taking one company’s food waste can turn into another company’s product gold. Read the full story at Food Processing. Read more →

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Cleannovate

JUNE 20, 2023

What better way to grow personal, communal and national wealth than converting waste into valuable products. And that’s what this article is about. How can we practically take what’s rejected and convert it into what’s really needed? That’s the gyst of circular economy – and more precisely waste valorization.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 24, 2022

Consumers consistently rank sustainability as a top motivator for dining and shopping decisions, and upcycled ingredients are leading the way. Read the full story at The Food Institute.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 3, 2021

Upcycling is now “the new recycling,” presenting an attractive opportunity for businesses to curb food waste and loss, while scaling a host of new value-added F&B products from these sidestreams. Read the full story at Food Ingredients First.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 22, 2022

Singapore upcycling products firm CRUST has revealed a new collaborative upcycling business model of working with big food and beverage brands to develop new co-branded products from their existing food waste. Read the full story at Food Navigator Asia.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Del Monte Foods has announced what it said is the industry’s first canned vegetable product to be certified by the Upcycled Food Association under its new upcycled certification program.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

z International’s SnackFutures innovation and venture hub, today announced the launch of its new Quinoa Squares, which is also one of the first products on the market to carry the Upcycled Food Association’s (UFA) Upcycled Certified™ mark on its packaging. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 15, 2022

Launches of food and beverages containing upcycled ingredients saw a 122% compound annual growth rate in the five years ending third-quarter 2021, according to a report from Innova Market Insights. Nearly … Continue reading Upcycled food launches leap as concerns around waste grow: report.

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Inhabitant

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.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 18, 2022

UPDATE: April 20, 2022: Del Monte Foods said its Del Monte Gut Love and Boost Me Fruit Infusions have been declared Upcycled Certified by the Upcycled Food Association, the latest of the company’s offerings to receive the designation.

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Cleannovate

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Nothing in the natural world gives us the picture of a full cycle of life like composting. Composting is simply breakdown of complex plant and animal remains into simpler substances that can be assimilated by plants. Composting usually mimics humus formation in nature – conversion of fallen leaves into compost.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 8, 2022

Researchers have developed an upcycling approach that adds value to discarded plastics for reuse in additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. Read the full story from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 29, 2023

which … Continue reading Salt & Straw’s new menu reduces food waste with upcycled ingredients Okay, well, maybe not, but when you are digging into some of Salt & Straw’s newest flavors, you can enjoy the deliciousness all the more knowing that you’re helping fight food waste in the U.S.,

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 20, 2023

The amount of food waste … Continue reading Opportunities for upcycling abound with food waste pervasive across the industry According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 40% of all food in the U.S.

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Cleannovate

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Plastics generate interest because they are easy to make but very difficult to degrade leading to a plastic solid waste catastrophe. Most plastics are a by-product of petroleum refining, which make their presence a guarantee as long as we use fossil fuels.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 2, 2022

As someone passionate about fighting food waste, upcycled food gives me so much hope. A rising number of clever food brands across the globe are doing their part to recognise divert … Continue reading Maximizing taste, minimizing waste: 14 upcycled vegan food brands reducing food waste.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Today, on the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, Misfits Market and the Upcycled Food Association announced they are launching The Upcycling Challenge, a contest for food entrepreneurs to create an innovative, sustainable, and delicious food product that repurposes excess food or waste.

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