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1,100 Jobs at Risk as Alberta Carbon Price Deal Undercuts ‘Shovel-Ready’ Waste-to-Energy Project

Up to 1,000 construction jobs and about 100 full-time operating positions in Alberta’s clean economy are at risk as an Edmonton-based start-up scrambles to adapt to an unintended consequence of the recent industrial carbon pricing deal between the federal and Alberta governments.

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S’pore firms transform food waste into new, useful products

Mottainai Food Tech collects barley spent grains from breweries and other companies and converts them into plant-based tuna flakes through fermentation.

Barley spent grains (BSGs) are a byproduct of the brewing process of products like beer and Milo. They are a major cause of food waste, with about 55 tonnes of BSGs produced daily in Singapore.

Mottainai Food Tech collects these high-fibre BSGs from breweries and other companies like Nestle and converts them into plant-based tuna flakes through fermentation.

In the long term, Mottainai aims to sell plant-based tuna products such as pastries. Their model follows the successful commercialisation of a plant-based meat product made from fermented soya byproduct okara.

The company works with Nanyang Technological University’s Asian Centre for Health Behavioural Insights Interventions and Singapore Polytechnic’s Food Innovation and Resource Centre.

Plant-based tuna prototypes made by Mottainai Food Tech.

Daryl Pek, the company’s co-founder, explained that the Japanese phrase ‘mottainai’ translates to the lament ‘What a waste!’.

“It’s our philosophy that every resource is valuable and holds a lot of potential. That’s why we find ways to recycle, upcycle, and use them in different ways,” he said.

Mottainai Food Tech co-founder Daryl Pek preparing a batch of barley spent grains for valorisation.

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It’s estimated that more than 200,000 tonnes of perfectly good, edible food goes to waste in New Zealand each year, while food rescue organisations …

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California bans ‘sell-by’ labels to fight food waste with mandatory new grocery rules

Dietitian and health specialist Ilana Muhlstein talks about finding healthy bread and decoding bread labels on Good Day LA.

Under the legislation, confusing and varied grocery terms are prohibited on consumer-facing packaging.

Instead, the state mandates a streamlined, uniform terminology system that separates food freshness from health risks.

Manufacturers are required to use the phrase BEST if Used by to indicate peak product quality. Conversely, the phrase USE by must be reserved strictly for public food safety warnings.

The legislative text outlines the structural requirements for manufacturers, but it remains unclear exactly how rigorously local code enforcement and public health agencies will monitor retail shelves.

The new guidelines will be fully implemented by July 1.

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Em Cabo Verde, a 12 km da Praia, o projeto de reciclagem Ekonatura processa 100 kg de …

… lixo acumulado em um arquipélago onde cada resíduo pesa. É um … A Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos prevê a logística reversa e …

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Empreender e Reciclar: Badesul impulsiona projetos que transformam o RS

O Governo do Estado e a Agência de Fomento Badesul oficializaram a assinatura de contratos com 11 entidades selecionadas no primeiro Edital de Subvenção Econômica para Projetos de Impacto Social.

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