waste-management
Waste4Change is building a circular economy in Indonesia
Even the largest landfills in Indonesia are at (or nearing) capacity, and the government has set an ambitious target of 30% waste reduction by 2025. Waste4Change is one of the companies that wants to
Octopus keeps stuff out of Indonesia’s crowded landfills
According to the World Bank, Indonesia produces 4.8 million tons of plastic waste each year that is “mismanaged” — meaning it ends up uncollected, chucked into dumpsites or leaked from improperl
ESG and shareholder activism: A tsunami is coming to Silicon Valley
With the increase in attention on ESG issues over the past few years, it’s easy for companies to assume that we’ve reached the crest of the ESG wave. However, we are only at the early stages.
NASA seeks crowdsourced help designing a better moon toilet
NASA is getting ready for its Artemis program, which seeks to return Americans to the moon and help establish a permanent presence for humans on the lunar surface, with a new crowdsourcing competition
Greyparrot bags $2.2M seed to scale its AI for waste management
London-based Greyparrot, which uses computer vision AI to scale efficient processing of recycling, has bagged £1.825 million (~$2.2M) in seed funding, topping up the $1.2M in pre-seed funding it had
Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
Sarah Paiji had the idea to launch the eco-friendly refillable cleaning supply retailer Blueland after hearing about the abundance of microplastics in the water she was using to dilute her child’
An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7 million in Series A funding
Sometimes, it seems like every possible on-demand service that could be created has already come along -- and, in some cases, gone away. But Recycle Track Systems (RTS), a two-year-old, New York-based
Amazon should think outside the box
Recent news that Amazon is working on a way to deliver items inside your door, without packaging, is huge. It means that e-commerce might overcome its greatest obstacle: Thinking inside the box.
Meet the new wave of tech companies taking out the trash
You’d be hard-pressed to meet someone who loves garbage more than Jason Gates, co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based startup Compology. But Gates isn’t concerned with the residential trash
An Investment Opportunity In Trash
As incredible as it might seem, processing trash may represent a future unique investment opportunity. Consider the new technologies that will operate on the micro scale, breaking the bonds of molecul
Agilyx Raises $22 Million To Turn Plastics (Back) Into Oil
<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0012/8729/128729v1-max-250x250.png" class="shot2"></img> A Portland area startup selling patented systems that turn plastic trash into synthet
Genomatica Raises $45 Million To Make Sustainable Chemicals, And Greener Spandex (A Good Thing, In This Case)
<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0008/3401/83401v2-max-250x250.png" class="shot2"/> Genomatica, a San Diego based producer of chemicals from renewable sources including sugar,
Recyclebank's CEO Jonathan Hsu On New Site, Rewarding Green Behavior Beyond The Bin
<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0004/3266/43266v3-max-250x250.jpg" class="shot2"></img> <a href="http://www.recyclebank.com/">Recyclebank</a> — a loyalty rewards program th
A Facebook Game With a Mission: Waste Management to Launch Oceanopolis
<img src='http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/picture-14.png' class="snap_nopreview shot2" alt="Oceanopolis Logo" /><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/waste-management">Waste Manag
Waste Management Launches a Social Network
<a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/product/greenopolis"><img style="float:right;" alt="" /></a>Frankly this should just be an application on Facebook and MySpace, it would get better traction. But tha