How Dash Water is making a second home in Australia with its ‘wonky’ drinks and fashionable appeal
Dash Water now has its sparkling water infused with 'wonky' fruit on the shelves in 3000 Australian stores and a partnership with Melbourne Fashion Festival.
Ugly Vodka: Smart50 finalist teams up with Melbourne distillers to turn waste apples into up-scale liquor
Beauty might actually be skin deep. Just ask the creators of Ugly Vodka, who have successfully repurposed 20 tonnes of aesthetically imperfect apples for Australia's newest liquor brand.
After 20 years, this Adelaide company has proven the profitability of its banana waste technology
Having spent 20 years perfecting its banana-waste-to-wood formula, ASX-listed Papyrus Australia has proven the profitability of its technology.
“Through the roof”: Reusable bag startup The Swag doubles sales amid COVID-19 pandemic
Reusable bag startup The Swag has seen demand surge for its products during the COVID-19 pandemic, and founder Peita Pini believes the trend will continue.
‘Diversity is integral to business growth’: A Q&A with Bring Me Home founder Jane Kou
In this Q&A, Bring Me Home founder Jane Kou talks about why diversity drives business growth and how White women can support women of colour at work.
In defence of plastic: Why packaging fruit and vegetables can actually protect the environment
Removing plastic entirely from our food supply may not be the best solution when it comes to protecting the environment and conserving valuable resources.
“Almost on vogue”: The startup founder using robotic maggot farms to turn organic waste into animal feed
Agtech startup Goterra has a million maggots working to keep food waste out of landfill, while helping Aussie farmers weather the effects of climate change.
Melbourne Startmate participant Bring Me Home has been live for just two weeks, but founder Jane Kou already has nationwide plans
Having embarked on her Startmate accelerator journey in July, founder of Bring Me Home Jane Kou now has an app up and running, and big plans for the future.
From farmer to pharma: SA companies join consortium to transform agricultural waste
Agricultural waste and products deemed not worthy of the supermarket shelf will be used to make pharmaceuticals, food additives and cosmetics.
The accidental entrepreneur: How Yume founder Katy Barfield came to take on waste in the commercial food industry
Yume founder Katy Barfield never saw herself as an entrepreneur, but now she's heading up a startup disrupting the commercial food industry.
These female entrepreneurs are rethinking fashion and saving 94,300 plastic bottles from landfill
Katia Santilli and Vera Yan of Nimble Activewear are combating plastic waste with their innovative sustainable fashion line, COMPRESSLITE, with each clothing item incorporating recycled plastic bottles.
The rise of food sharing in the 21st century – and Melbourne’s a world leader
Food sharing is experiencing a renaissance in cities around the world.
