Production of novel biopolymer, through combination of fermentation of bio-waste and materials engineering, for use as a plastics substitute for rigid and flexible packaging, and for cosmetic and medi...
Read More about From bio-waste to bioplasticsOrganic and regenerative farming and fair trading of Kompot pepper, including through intercropping with vanilla and use of cover crop, leading to improved soil quality, and reduction of water and fer...
Read More about Fair FarmsRedesign of consumer goods plastics packaging for lower packaging weight and/or volume and introduction of refill stations. Started with partial shifts to using recycled plastics and to replacing non...
Read More about Beyond Disposables – Towards Circular Plastic PackagingDevelopment and manufacturing of skin care products using hyaluron extracted from fish bone waste.
Read More about Circular economy in skin care productsPyan Chit Par is a women-led, small social enterprise that repurposes fabric scraps into valuable, wearable products that contribute to resource circularity and reduces waste streams while conserving ...
Read More about Repurposing Pre-consumer Fabric Waste into Sustainable FashionArtisan production of alternative silk- and leather-like materials from lotus stem waste.
Read More about Lotus fibre for sustainable fashionExtraction of bromelain enzyme from pineapple stems, use of recycled materials for packaging, recovery and reuse of plantation and fruit processing residues for animal feed. Production of biogas and l...
Read More about Integrated operations for sustainable agricultureImproved (municipal) waste collection and establishment of material recovery facility to recover recyclable plastics for supply to recyclers.
Read More about Plastics recovery from municipal solid wasteTransforming naturally-shed sheaths of the areca nut palm, a previously-discarded agricultural waste, into biodegradable packaging products to replace plastic packaging in the food sector.
Read More about Areca Nut Palm Sheaths as a Biodegradable Plastic Packaging AlternativeDecentralised food waste processing through controlled rearing of Black Soldier Fly larvae on pre-processed food waste and processing of the larvae into protein for use in livestock, aquaculture or pe...
Read More about Bioconversion of Food Waste to Protein Using Black Soldier Fly (BSF) TechnologyProduction of char briquettes from waste coconut shells, that are cleaner and more energy efficient than wood charcoal in their use for cooking.
Read More about Char briquettes from coconut shellsSubstitution of virgin PET fibres with recycled PET fibres for the production of some of yarns and fabrics for use in the textile and garment industry.
Read More about Using recycled PET for fabric production
