INNOVATORS! Startups!
Why start from scratch?
Start with some form* of Waste
and help Clean Up our Climate!
in this post
- *More people who started with a form of WASTE:
- Old Asphalt Shingles Reprocessed
- Broken Building Materials to Disaster Resistant Blocks
- Corn byproducts to Biodegradable Shopping Bags
- Dead Leaves to Paper
- Grass to Building Insulation – post image above
- Oyster Shells to Yarn?
- Waste Bread to Beer
- Organic Waste to BioGas, Electricity, Compost. Other Revenue?
- My blog is full of posts on Waste to Products:
- Waste is Our Assurance of Future Resources
The VALUE in WASTE
Taking trash off someone’s hands is only the first step,
the next step is figuring out a process to make a lucrative, profitable product, that has Value.
Finding purpose and profit from Waste
March 2024 – In the last three years, more companies have acquired the investments necessary to turn waste into something valuable. “When resources are already becoming limited and you are discarding some nutrient or carbon content that has a sale price associated with it, there is value in looking at the processing to find a way to capture everything,” says Senya Joerss a technical manager in fish processing, who recently launched CFS Guru, a food and supplement industry consultancy.
The VALUE in WASTE
*More people who started with a form of WASTE:
Old Asphalt Shingles Reprocessed
British Columbia, Canada
https://www.northstarcleantech.com
Northstar Clean Technologies’s mission is to be the leader in the recovery and reprocessing of Asphalt Shingles in North America.
Northstar has developed a proprietary process for taking discarded asphalt shingles, otherwise destined for already over-crowded landfills, and extracting the liquid asphalt, aggregate and fiber. These three reprocessed products can be used in a variety of applications, including new asphalt shingles, asphalt for road construction, construction products along with other industrial applications.
Every continent on planet Earth where Asphalt Shingles are used should have at least one company like this one. No need for long distance shipping!
Broken Building Materials
to Disaster Resistant Blocks
Nedlands, Western Australia
https://www.crisisconstruction.com/
This MOBILE brick factory pulverizes rubble from ruined buildings and presses the powder into LEGO-like bricks.
A Simple and Flexible Solution – Our mobile block factories use the rubble and waste materials from a disaster to make blocks for construction of sturdy, long-term structures in a very short time, with each mobile block factory producing up to 40 tonnes of blocks per shift.
Mobile Crisis Construction (MCC) Crisis Blocks employ simple technology that works with standard brick coursing height and length, and can be laid by unskilled labour due to their interlocking design. Walls can be built in a single day since no mortar is required in construction.
All the blocks produce walls and pavers that are earthquake, fire and cyclone resistant, exhibiting superior performance to conventional brickwork.
Mobile Crisis Construction
The current focus of MCC is to send block factories into Ukraine, rebuilding critical infrastructure providing emergency shelter to those displaced by the ongoing war with Russia – repurposing rubble, rubbish and waste into modular bricks.
Crisis Block Technology
Recycling Disaster Into Relief
Every continent on planet Earth should have at least one of these mobile units.
Corn byproducts to
Biodegradable Shopping Bags
Hyderabad, India
https://bioreform.in/
Our bags decompose within just 180 days
– not hundreds of years.
You heard it right!
Customized bags with your personal branding
BioReform Pvt Ltd manufactures 100% eco-friendly, compostable bags. We customize the biodegradable bags for our clients that includes printing and personal branding.
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Clean our Climate
Dead Leaves to Paper
Ukraine and France
https://www.releaf-paper.com/ to https://releafbag.com/
Manufacturing sustainable paper from fallen leaves.
Releaf Paper’s Ukrainian Innovator has developed a patented technology for processing fallen leaves info fiber using a combination of mechanical, thermal and chemical treatment. We ensure a source of sustainable raw-material for the paper & packaging industries. The fibers of leaves have paper-forming properties.
While at least half of the world is concerned about the global problem of deforestation, Releaf Paper has developed a source of paper pulp without Cutting Trees.
For us, this is a valuable and affordable raw material. There are entire infrastructures that have been created in cities to collect leaves that regenerate yearly, available all year round. And most importantly, the fibers of the leaves have paper-forming properties.
There is a new Biodiversity trend called >>> Leave the Leaves
One of the most valuable things you can do to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, that’s pretty easy; all you need to do is do less yard work.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DEAD LEAVES AT THE END OF THE SUMMER SEASON. ENOUGH TO TAKE SOME FOR MAKING PAPER INSTEAD OF CUTTING DOWN TREES.
Grass to Building Insulation
Belgium from a Swiss Technology
https://gramitherm.eu/?lang=en
The unique Swiss patented Gramitherm® process manufactures insulation made from grass.
GRAMITHERM Insulation is……………………………………………………
Greater well being with renewable resources – Nov 29, 2023
- A Swiss technology
- New construction & renovation
- Insulates against winter cold and summer heat
- absorbs noise
- regulates humidity (long life cycle and comfort in humid areas)
- easy to install, non-irritating, non-toxic and 100% recyclable
Gramitherm® is a global concept: uncultivated natural grass is almost everywhere. Grass will always be cut. Worldwide wherever there’s an opportunity to use grass, there’s an opportunity to manufacture and market Gramitherm®! Gramitherm® belongs to the bioeconomy and is a perfect example of transforming “green waste” into value-added materials.
Gramitherm® products are 100% eco-friendly and demonstrate high insulation performance. Grass is naturally abundant all over the world and rapidly reconstitutable.
Every continent should have at least one local company like this.
No need for long distance shipping!
Oyster Shells to Yarn?
Taiwan
https://www.sea-wool.com/ ,
https://hansglobaltextile.net/en/
Sea Wool
After 10 years of study and experimental cooperation with the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan, we successfully turned Oyster shells into textile. ‘Sea Wool’ is made of Oyster Shells and recycled PET bottles which are spun into Yarn.
The Benefits of Oyster Shell “Sea Wool” textiles…..
- Thermally Regulated
- Breathable
- Dries quickly
- Anti-Bacterial
- Anti-Static
This isn’t necessarily a waste material, as many fisheries worldwide have a policy to dump discarded shells, made of 95% calcium carbonate back onto oyster reefs, to repair and grow more oysters.
HOWEVER, in Taiwan there is an over-abundance of oyster shells left from the waste of restaurants and fish markets. The shells become an environmental concern as there are 160,000,000 KG of oyster shells discarded per year in Taiwan.
Waste Bread to Beer
London, UK
https://www.toastbrewing.com/
Food production is the biggest contributor to climate change, caused by the 1/3 of all food is wasted. We’re here to change that. We brew planet-saving beer from surplus fresh bread.
Since 2016, Toast Brewing has saved so many slices of bread that stacked up together, they’d be nearly 5 times the height of Mount Everest!
We’re on a mission; fighting food waste, advocating for nature, and giving all our profits to charities protecting the natural world we love and fixing the food system. Raise a Toast! Save more Food.
But there is always something left over after the beer is brewed. What to do with that kind of food industry Waste?………………
The VALUE in WASTE
Organic Waste to BioGas, RNG, Electricity, and agri-nutrients.
Can you use an additional
Revenue source?
No Reason To Wait
March 2024 – Like most Food&Beverage companies, if there is Biomass Waste at the end of your production line, there is no reason to delay your company’s “biomethane journey”.
Not only is biomethane an excellent opportunity to capture a dangerous but important GHG gas, it also enables companies an additional cash flow from the biowaste part of their business.
Biomethane digestion offers a flow of energy in the form of gas or electricity and a solution for a company’s GHG reduction report in the race toward a greener future.
Just think about it….
This is how quick you can make BioGas from organic Biomass. It can be just about Anything Organic from vegetables & fruit to cow dung.
You will find many companies offering biodigesters for different size BioWaste volumes, from small to large, from restaurants to hotels to large food processors….
Here are some of the smaller Biodigesters………
UK, installed globally
https://seabenergy.com/
SEaB ENERGY (Seab Power Ltd) – patented onsite containerized organic waste conversion to RNG, Electricity & compost. Designed for businesses and property developers.
Not from new products. Not from new markets. From food they were already throwing away.
In one year, $12 Million generated from Smarter Food Waste Management by 38 businesses in Australia
SEaB Energy has patented the innovative Flexibuster™ and Muckbuster®: compact, easy-to-install, turnkey Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems in shipping containers. They are installed globally, directly and through distribution and licensing agreements.
All product components are fully assembled, ready to be shipped and quickly installed at your site. Additionally, we team-up with lab services to estimate how much green energy your “buster” can produce.
We currently operate in the UK, Portugal, France, Spain, USA with additional representation in S. Korea, Australia and South Africa.
The Netherlands
https://thewastetransformers.com/
Where your business’ food waste means
opportunities. Take control of your food waste?
Waste Transformers is committed to providing you with dedicated support and services to ensure the optimum performance, reliability, and longevity of your on-site biodigester.
>>Critical monitoring
>>User-friendly
>>Compact & clean
>>Extended equipment lifespan
The Waste Transformer converts Biomass into Biogas to Electricity and Heat, and fertile by-products.
Your food waste problem does not have to hold you back from your CO2 reduction goals. For many businesses, food waste remains an overlooked and under-reported source of emissions. With an on-site Waste Transformer, you can address that challenge head-on and achieve savings in your operations.
Seattle, WA, USA
https://www.chomp.energy/solutions
We believe food waste is never trash
It’s a lower energy bill, healthier soil, a stronger community, and a lighter carbon footprint.
Chomps are designed for a wide range of organizations, including supermarkets, university and college campuses, food manufacturing and processing facilities, utilities, and residential communities or even restaurants of 500 to 50,000 people.
Cost Savings + Added Revenue…………….Scale up, or down
- Avoid off-site haulling of your food waste.
- Generate positive ROI with your own renewable natural gas to produce electricity, heat air or water, cook, energy storage and/or vehicle fuel & charging.
- Reduce your carbon emissions to help meet your organization’s (ESG) Environmental, Social, and Governance goals, or monetize – RIN credits.
- Decrease reliance on commercial fertilizer by making it yourself. Improve plant growth, soil health, water use efficiency, and long term carbon storage.
The VALUE in WASTE
Looking for a BioGas digester supplier near you or to fit your scale?…..let me help you search.
………………Or you can look through this list of BioGas Kits….many of which are most likely easy to assemble……………… https://www.build-a-biogas-plant.com/biogas-kits/
The VALUE in WASTE
Haven’t been inspired yet?
My blog is full of posts on Waste to Products:
The VALUE in WASTE
Waste is Our Assurance of Future Resources
Waste; Our Assurance of future Resources
– posts on the subject:
Hard-To-Recycle Waste – What Do You Have? What Are You Looking For?
WasteRush is Now! Tools to Sell & Buy Waste Commodities!
Wasterush Tools! Right To The Point! like commodities
Waste Online Tools! There Are More Of Them!
Harvesting Waste Ideas. Waste Rushes? NOW!
Industrial Zone – Closed-Loop Networking
Cigarette Butts: Pick Them Up Off The Street!
e-waste recycling
Urban Mining ! – More Important Than Ever
Critical Minerals & Rare Elements! ….. COLOSSAL WASTE RUSH
Municiple Solid Waste (MSW)
“Renewable Energy Stations”- replace Landfills in the Future
Useful Green WASTE Business Ideas That Can Scale To Any Size You Can Use.
Anaerobic Digestion In Full Swing – #1 Waste To Energy?
CNG, LNG, RNG Fuelling Stations – #2 Waste To Energy
#3 Municipal Solid Waste – MSW To BioFuel? Yes!
How To Get More Electricity For Your Community – Worldwide
Landfill Gas Projects Worldwide – – – Clean Up The Air, Now!
water-sanitation-toilets
#1 Leaky Toilets Are Everyones Business!
– series of 7 posts on water, sanitation, toilets
Plastic
Climate Proof Your Oil-Plastic Products! Win the Challenge!
Waste Plastic Upcycle Businesses – Opportunities, Opportunities!
– series of 5+ posts on waste plastic businesses
Jobs! With The Ocean Cleanup INTERCEPTOR™ Business!, +1000+ ECO Jobs!
COVID 19 Waste – Pick It Up Off The Street!
IMPORTANT! What Is The Future of Precious Plastic: UPDATE!
Mushroom / Mycelium
Mycelium In Industry – Ancient And New
– series of 15 posts on Mycelium in Industry
Printing Industry
Eco-Printing & Packaging EQUIPMENT They were the first to turn Circular!
Thoses posts about wastes that need present action!!!
Too Much Methane !
Why We Need To Capture Landfill Gas – – -Right Now!
Wipes – Human Behavior & False Advertising
Job Vacancies In Green Companies < More Now !
Thanks/ Very impressive collection of useful waste innformation.