Food containers made from food industry by-products (Credit: alterpacks.com)
Alterpacks is a Singapore-based start-up focusing on sustainable food packaging solutions using organic waste from the food production industry. In collaboration with scientists and industry partners they have created a new home-compostable material made from food industry by-products, known as spent grain. Alterpacks recycles these organic residues into reusable and home-compostable food containers that are also freezer and microwave friendly and got certified by the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA).
The BIG Story | From Waste to Worth: Alterpacks (SMU)
