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What Can You Do With Spent Beer Grains? Eat ‘Em…
The founders of Regrained saw opportunity in spent beer grains, and are now raising funds to take their small business to the next level.
The Waste Biz: Human Poop As Venture Capital?
A new study from United Nations University explores the economic value of human poop, and the wealth potential of making use of it in the developing world.
How Much Of That Plastic In Your Blue Bin Really Gets Recycled? [Video]
An awful lot of US food-grade plastic still doesn’t get recycled; Lifecycle Plastics believes its sorting technology can change that, and create jobs.
The Portable Food Waste To Energy Plant: The HORSE [Video]
Seattle’s Impact Bioenergy has created the HORSE, a portable organic waste to energy plant, for on-site recycling of food waste into energy and fertilizer.
Allowing Waste Pickers Access To A Competitive Recycling Market [Video]
Waste pickers collect recycable trash to feed themselves. Plastics for Change has developed a mobile technology giving them access to pricing information.
Startup FoPo Food Powders Freeze Dries Nearly Expired Fruit, Hopes To Lessen Food Waste
Startup FoPo Food Powder addresses the issue of food waste by collecting nearly expired fruits, and freeze drying it into a powder with a long shelf life.
Norfolk Entrepreneur Wants To Bring Architectural Salvage, Upcycling Market To Arts District
Entrepreneur George Arbogust wants to open a market and gallery in Norfolk, Virginia’s Arts District dedicated to architectural salvage and upcycled works.
TIO: A Unique Take On The Eco-Friendly Toothbrush
The TIO toothbrush concept incorporates bioplastics with a replaceable head to create much less plastic waste than the traditional product.
Can You Help Launch The Best Green Jobs Site Ever?
Important Media is raising funds to create the web’s best green jobs site. Contributors can buy books, games, ads, or just a good feeling.
Keep Fresh Vegetables From Going Bad Quickly: The Green Hearts
The Green Hearts is a simple product that uses decades-old technology to keep fresh vegetables & fruits from spoiling quickly in the refrigerator.
Recycling Those 3D Printing Fails: The Cruncher
As with other printing, 3D printing involves some failures. The Cruncher is a machine that recycles those failures into plastic pellets for future prints.
Help the Green Divas Achieve Global Domination with a Digital Radio Network
The Green Divas are at it again: raising $50,000 to launch their global digital radio network, and take over the world (or something like it).