Climate firm tackles food waste issue

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Her idea for a start-up was called garbage.

But it did not stop Karen Cheah from embarking on a mission to tackle the world’s escalating plastic waste and food waste problems at the same time – the company she founded uses food waste to make reusable food containers.

When she asked experts at the Digital Life Design Conference in Europe in 2019 whether a new material could be created out of garbage, they said it was a garbage idea because it was “not possible”.

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Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: MalaysiaChinaSingapore

Topics: WasteReduction EcoInnovation PlasticAlternatives /Business/Business News SustainablePackaging ClimateTech Corporate News ReusableContainers CircularEconomy FoodWasteSolution

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Published On: 2024-10-09 @ 00:00:00 (8 hours ago)

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