139 results for waste

Food waste costs the Australian economy $36.6 billion every year. And it occurs at every step along the supply chain – from the farmgate to processing, packing, distribution, storage, retail, and consumers. If we’re to meet the nation’s goal of halving food waste by 2030, we all need to do better. The newest call for research partnerships from Fight Food Waste CRC aims to help us do just that. 

ARC Ento Tech is seeking $10 million Series A funding to help expand its patented waste management technology into global markets. The ARC process utilises the Black Soldier Fly to process mixed solid waste into high grade insect meal and high nutrient fertiliser. After overwhelming feedback from initial trials, the company is ready to take the next step.

Have you ever had an idea about how to reduce some of that waste? Here's your chance to turn your idea into a business. CSIRO is running an Inspiration + Ideation for Upcycled Ingredients From Food Loss workshop in February to connect idea makers with industry to launch successful new companies under a model called Venture Science.

UK biotech startup, LyteGro’s solution converts the pulp of waste bananas into a proprietary liquid supplement to turbocharge metabolic processes offering high-value for Australia’s distilling industry. An exciting joint venture opportunity now exists for Australian investors, banana growers and authorities to scale production plants.

Goterra is an Australian climate tech company disrupting food waste management for the benefit of the planet.

Energy Farmers Australia pioneers innovative waste solutions, addressing challenges the Australian agriculture industry face with waste management.

UK tech startup, OSY Group is tackling food waste across the supply chain with its innovative shelf-life extension solution, and is now seeking investment to drive international growth, following its United Kingdom (UK) rollout. After attending AgriFutures evoke^AG. 2024 as part of the Innovate UK delegation, OSY Group has garnered positive engagement with key collaborators in the APAC region.   

Whole. is bringing to market a proprietary technology that enables cost-effective and large-scale production of plant-based products using produce that would otherwise be wasted. What makes this technology unique is that it’s 100% free of any chemical processing, produces no waste, and maintains all of the nutritional goodness of the original ingredients.

Sustinent Pty Ltd is an Australian agricultural biotechnology company with a distinct environmental focus. Sustinent partners with the custodians of agricultural green waste (crop and food processing residues) to unlock its potential.

The Australian pork industry and researchers from UNSW Canberra have developed a sustainable, cost-neutral device to safely recycle on-farm effluent and potentially generate a source of pure drinking water. Now, the duo are looking for private sector investment to scale the technology

LYRO Robotics is helping prevent food wastage and increase efficiency with its intelligent pattern packing machine. The internationally acclaimed technology is gaining traction with producers, and now raising a seed investment round of US$3-3.5 million.^

Gaia EnviroTech is a bioenergy and waste management company based in Regional Victoria. Our focus is on solving two critical challenges; the ever increasing cost of managing high volumes of organic waste, and the ability to source on demand renewable energy solutions to run business operations and reduce carbon footprint.

Food2Soil pioneers a circular economy by transforming commercial food waste into biologically enriched fertiliser, benefiting home gardeners, farmers, and horticulturalists. By diverting organic waste from landfills, this innovation reintroduces vital nutrients and beneficial microbes to the soil, fortifying plant health, ecosystem support, and biodiversity.

Bardee is on a mission to reshape the global food system. To do this we're transforming food waste into protein and fertiliser with insects.

Akvotek are industry leaders in water science, with extensive experience in membrane technology.

MaxSil pioneers an innovative silicon-based plant nutrient and bio stimulant sourced from post-consumer soda lime glass.

Opportunity for

• Venture Capital, Corporate investment and/or partnership, Angel investment, Private equity and strategic partners with an interest in soil health, regenerative farming, natural food production, biodiversity and environmental sustainability.

  ^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.  

Opportunity for

Intensive agriculture and power generators interested in commercialising water treatment technology to recycle wastewater and effluent with hot gas bubbles from exhaust gases. Use cases include:

• farms and wastewater treatment plants with biogas generation
• waste disposal industries like landfills with biogas generation
• biogas plants and coal power plants which emit large amounts of hot CO2 from exhaust gases that can be reused.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

Optomni is an Agtech company dedicated to digitalising the fresh & perishables supply chain with OmniOrder®, our AI-driven trading & optimisation platform that helps growers and wholesalers reach more customers, streamline inventory & ordering processes and reduce waste through demand prediction and automated supply matching.

Opportunity for

• Australian investors, waste management and manufacturing companies with access to waste banana feed stock and an interest and capability to partner in establishing a production plant and sales team in Australia.
• Australian banana growers and government agencies interest also welcome.

  ^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.