Waste
Page coming soon! Here are a few resources in the meantime.
- EPA, “Basic Information about Landfill Gas”
- Erica Gies, “Landfills have a Huge Greenhouse Gas Problem. Here’s What We Can Do About It.”
- IPCC, Working Group III, AR6 report, 10.14 Appendix: Waste
- Drawdown, “Landfill Methane,” p. 100
- Daly Wettermark, “Wastewater: A Dirty Little Climate Opportunity”
Here are some start-ups trying to tackle emissions from waste
| Name | Description | Media |
|---|---|---|
| Strella Biotechnology | Strella: biosensors to monitor the ripeness of fruit in real time. | Waste360 |
| Mimica | Dynamic labels indicate when food is spoiled | FutureLearn |
| ChopValue | Transforming recycled chopsticks into new products | CBSNews |
| Olio | Olio connects neighbours with each other and with local businesses so surplus food can be shared, not thrown away. | TechCrunch |
| Clean Crop Technologies | Treats food with ionized gasses to eliminate fungi and increase shelf-life | My Climate Journey |
| Zirconia Inc. | Zirconia creates ceramic coating for steel, concrete, to make it immortal. | |
| Zume | Replacing single-use plastics with compostable, plant fiber-based products. | |
| UBQ Materials | Biobased thermoplastic from unsorted household waste | |
| Stora Enso | Renewable pacakaging | |
| Nth Cycle | Electro-extraction to recover minerals and metals from mine tailings, e-waste, low-grade ore for production-grade feedstocks | Watt it Takes |
| WasteFuel | Produces bio-methanol for shipping from a variety of waste sources including landfill gas and biogas using anaerobic digestion. | LA Business Journal |
| Ranmarine | Drones that remove plastics, oils, invasive plants and trash from water. | Renaissance Capital |
| AMP Robotics | AI and machine vision software that analyzes recycling facilities to identify ways for them to be more efficient and effective | CNBC |
| Wasted | Portapotties – to transform human waste into fertilizer | |
| Sepura Home | Under-sink garbage disposal replacement technology that turns food scraps into compost | TechCrunch |
| TrueCircle | AI rating quality and composition of plastics, intended to improve recycling operations’ efficiency | TechCrunch |
| Outlast Earth | Platform trades recyclables between vetted sellers and buyers | My Climate Journey |
| cirplus | Online marketplace for recyclates and plastic waste feedstock | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae51AwJNt0M |
| Seenons | Helps connect waste collectors and processors for ideal organization and efficiency | Silicon Canals |
| Plastic Bank | Organizes and incentivizes collection of ocean-bound plastic in developing world. | CNBC |
| Plagazi | Produces hydrogen from all types of non-recyclable waste through plasma gassification with CCS. The process is energy self-sufficient with no environmentally hazardous residual products. | Hydrogen Central |
| Epoch BioDesign | Enzyme that breaks down plastic and converts it to industrial chemicals | My Climate Journey |
| Sideline Swap | Sideline Swap is an online platform for athletes to trade second-hand gear. | |
| Snact | Snact makes delicious snacks from ugly unwanted fruit. | Office Pantry |
| unspun | Custom jeans manufacturer using 3D scan of customer | My Climate Journey |
| GaeaStar | Clay-based alternative to single-use plastic containers | |
| Preserve | Consumer products made from recycled plastics. | Unreasonable Group |
| SEab | On-site modular anaroebic digester turns organic waste to fertilizer + biogas, then turns biogas to electricity + heat with CHP | |
| The Waste Transformers | Turns food waste into clean energy and natural fertilizer. | Unreasonable Group |
| OneThird | Cloud-based system and AI scanners reducing food waste by predicting shelf life | PRWeb |
| Goodr Co. | Manages companies’ surplus food through redistribution, pop-up markets, and waste management | My Climate Journey |
| WATS | Assists waste managing stakeholders to centralize information, connect them with delivery vendors, and provide waste reduction analysis | |
| Dispatch Goods | Provides food-service companies reusable containers to serve their food in | My Climate Journey |
| Shellworks | compostable packaging created from up-cycled waste | TechCrunch |
| Genecsis Bioindustries | PHA bioplastic from organic waste | TechCrunch |
| Kubik | Building materials from plastic waste for African market | TechCrunch |
| Hyfe | Uses Food Manufacturing Wastewater to extract sugars as feedstrock for biofermentation | |
| Treasure8 | Dehydrates food waste to produce nutritous food | Forbes |
| ByFusion | Creates building materials out of plastic waste | Fast Company |
| Urban Machine | Reclaims lumber from buildings, construction sites using robotics and AI to remove fasteners | My Climate Journey |
| Sedron | Eliminates pathogens and recovers nutrients, nitrogen fertilizer, and pure water from liquid waste sluries (e.g. from dairy farms) | My Climate Journey |
| Glacier | Robots and AI for sorting recylables | Tech Crunch |
| Samsara Eco | Enzymes to recycle plastics into monomers | Tech Crunch |