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Your Food Waste Could Become A Cleaning Product
Your Food Waste Could Become A Cleaning Product
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode of Sustainability Matters Today, I interview Amanda Weeks, CEO and co-founder of Ambrosia and #Champion on Combining Waste Management with Closed-Loop Manufacturing.
Providing a solution to our massive food waste problem while simultaneously creating sustainable products and commodities, Ambrosia was founded by Amanda and became the first closed-loop manufacturing company launched to specifically address the circular economy. With the hopes of recovering some of the 40 percent of food that ends up in landfills, she developed an anaerobic fermentation to breakdown food waste and turn the resulting byproduct into organic fertilizers and natural surface cleaners. She recently launched their first product, Veles, the first closed-loop, all-purpose household cleaner derived from food waste.
This award-winning manufacturing company, was recently recognized as one of the winders of Waste360 2020 40 under 40 Awards, which recognizes innovators in waste and recycling industry.
Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Amanda.
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Resources:
Veles website: http://veles.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/velesofficial
Circular Economy: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept
New York Environmental Regulatory Office: https://www.dec.ny.gov
You may check the transcript here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Amanda-Weeks-Transcript
Watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Amanda-Weeks
Providing a solution to our massive food waste problem while simultaneously creating sustainable products and commodities, Ambrosia was founded by Amanda and became the first closed-loop manufacturing company launched to specifically address the circular economy. With the hopes of recovering some of the 40 percent of food that ends up in landfills, she developed an anaerobic fermentation to breakdown food waste and turn the resulting byproduct into organic fertilizers and natural surface cleaners. She recently launched their first product, Veles, the first closed-loop, all-purpose household cleaner derived from food waste.
This award-winning manufacturing company, was recently recognized as one of the winders of Waste360 2020 40 under 40 Awards, which recognizes innovators in waste and recycling industry.
Please make sure to subscribe to the Sustainability Matters Today podcast to learn more about other champions of sustainability like Amanda.
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Resources:
Veles website: http://veles.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/velesofficial
Circular Economy: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept
New York Environmental Regulatory Office: https://www.dec.ny.gov
You may check the transcript here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Amanda-Weeks-Transcript
Watch the full episode here: https://sustainabilitym.at/Youtube-Amanda-Weeks
Released:
Feb 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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