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Turning food waste into everyday essentials
Brut America
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8/3/2022
A T-shirt made from milk waste ... beer waste turned into laundry pods ...
Meet the startup Mi Terro finding new uses for some of the most common food waste
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This t-shirt is made from milk waste that we sourced from my uncle's dairy farm.
00:04
And this pot with detergent inside is made from beer waste.
00:08
So we're solving two global problems with a single solution.
00:21
My goal today is to take agriculture waste and turn it into bio-materials
00:26
that can make our world greener.
00:30
Beer is the third most consumed beverage in the entire world.
00:41
That means there is so much spent grain that we can source from this beer waste,
00:47
which we use to create the flexible film of our materials.
00:51
It can be made into ceramic wrap, food wrap, product label for bottles,
00:56
and even edible sachets that can protect dry nuts and dry powders.
01:01
You can treat our material just like other types of organic waste,
01:05
such as banana peel, orange peel.
01:07
It can naturally biodegrade under the right condition.
01:22
And it was a big problem for him.
01:23
So my uncle asked me, Robert, can you help me find a better solution
01:28
in creating a higher value from the milk waste?
01:31
And that was when the idea hit.
01:32
Eventually, we developed a patent-pending process that can upcycle
01:37
and convert the milk waste into protein polymer, which can be used as textile fiber.
01:54
We didn't expect much of an outcome because we thought this was something very,
01:57
very new for people to get comfortable with.
02:00
But out of our surprise, in 48 hours, we were fully funded.
02:05
And that was amazing.
02:07
It was a first taste of success.
02:11
So these pods are made from fossil dry materials,
02:24
which can then be made into microplastic that flows in our ocean.
02:29
Research has shown that there are trillions of tons of microplastic in our ocean,
02:34
which can eventually come back to us when we drink water.
02:38
And microplastic has been found in plasma and placenta.
02:43
Very scary.
02:44
This material is made from Mitero, which is sourced from agricultural waste.
02:49
It's plant-based and it does not harm the environment.
03:05
Our partnership with Mitero,
03:07
it's a great partnership.
03:09
They're taking agricultural waste and converting it into a protein
03:13
that can be used as a plastic replacement.
03:15
So yeah, this is exciting.
03:18
By paying farmers and paying food manufacturers, it's a win-win situation for everyone.
03:25
They get additional revenue and we get their raw material through
03:29
making the higher value products.
03:31
Food waste, plastic waste happens every single day on the global scale.
03:37
However, what's even more urgent is the global public health.
03:41
That plastic and carbon emission will impact our children,
03:46
grandchildren, and many, many more generations that come after us.
03:51
We must act now and must act fast to save their future.
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