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Innovation Snapshot
Turning pineapple waste into natural textiles
One innovative company is turning agri-waste into natural textiles
Food & Drink
A game-changing replacement for palm oil
Made from easily sourced biowaste, the new product produces baked goods just as tasty as traditional versions
Fashion & Beauty
A marketplace connects fashion brands to deadstock material
The easy-to-use circular platform connects buyers and sellers of fabric
Manufacturing
Computer vision improves the safety of industrial workers
The AI identifies workplace risks to help reduce costly accidents and injuries
Enlightened Leaders
Enlightened leaders: Beverley Gower-Jones OBE
We talk to Beverley Gower-Jones – Managing Partner of the Clean Growth Fund – about how best to boost climate tech
Mobility & Transport
An aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen
One company aims to reduce the aviation industry’s reliance on fossil fuels by using clean hydrogen instead
Agriculture & Energy
Recycling silicon from solar panels for lithium-ion batteries
Researchers have developed a more efficient and sustainable silicon recovery process
Retail
A subscribe and recycle model for kids’ bicycles and toys
The service could help prevent millions of bicycles from ending up in landfill every year
Agriculture & Energy
A fast new technique for extracting lithium that uses less land
Researchers have developed a cheaper and more sustainable method for lithium extraction
Sustainability
Avoiding single-use plastic bottles in vending machines
One startup is eliminating the plastic waste caused by vending machines with its alternative refillable system
Sustainability
Smart packaging for internal logistics and supply chains
New tech-enabled, connected boxes can be used up to 1,000 times, eliminating waste
Agriculture & Energy
Mesh-grids for electrifying remote communities
The system connects neighbours for amplified amounts of power