Amazon just invested a portion of a $2-billion climate fund in a company created by a 28-year-old in Toronto.
Amazon invested a portion of a $2-billion climate fund earlier this month in a company created by a 28-year-old Toronto scientist who turns food scraps into alternative plastics., says she dove into the bioplastics world at 22-years-old. At the time, her budget was dismal and approach was scrappy – but creative, as she put it.
The makeshift gadget she created as a fresh University of Toronto graduate emulated the aim of her company-to-be, Genecis. That bacteria consumes sugars and fatty acids from the organic waste. As it metabolizes, the bacteria converts food scraps into a biodegradable calledFrom there, PHA is extracted, purified and compounded into pellets, which are injected into molding machines to make an alternative to single-use plastics, like food and medical packaging.
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