GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on. This week, we announced five startups pitching June 17 at Accelerate at Circularity 21. Accelerate is a fast pitch competition featuring startups across the circular economy value chain. Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing. Sherrie Totoki.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Carbios is among a contingent of startups that are attempting to commercialize a type of chemical recycling known as depolymerization, which breaks down polymers — the chain-like molecules that make up a plastic — into their fundamental molecular building blocks, called monomers. Thierry Zoccolan / AFP via Getty Images.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. And a whole crop of western startups making climate-friendly algae-based products, including clothes, cosmetics, bioplastics and biofuels, have popped up. Not your average startup.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

“ Steel is the most recycled packaging material in Europe and across the world – TATA Steel. Seaweed packaging startup Notpla has recently partnered with delivery service Just Eat to provide seaweed-lined takeaway containers that are 100% edible and biodegradable.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

A medley of milestones for climate tech startups Conversations on Twitter and in climate chatrooms continue to have a doomerism-meets-pessimism tone, but over the last two weeks some cold, hard progress from climate tech startups working on geothermal energy, SAFs, and decarbonized cement is cutting through the gloom.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 12, 2019

It would seem only logical that the world’s number two in pork production would help step in, and analysts at Dutch bank Rabobank projected an increase in imports by China which would promote production expansion in the EU, Belgium and Eastern Europe are themselves still struggling to contain ASF outbreaks. Is a vaccine or cure in sight?

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Others are making waves in the business world from other perches, including government, consultancies, startups and environmental justice advocacy groups. On the side, Fragos teaches a sustainability course at McGill University and offers pro bono support to help local startups and social enterprises embrace sustainability principles.

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