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Now we& #39;re talking to Kevin.
He spent his career making packaging until he realised the damage packaging was causing. So the started @friendlypak.
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He spent his career making packaging until he realised the damage packaging was causing. So the started @friendlypak.
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There are over 200 landfills in the North Island that will likely get washed out with sea level rise.
What will we do about it?
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What will we do about it?
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Looking at @friendlypak& #39;s compostable cups that completely replaced styrofoam cups in DHBs around NZ!
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And this foam packaging product made from plants. It& #39;s cheaper than styrene and... you can eat it!
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Next @friendlypak are going after styrene chilly bins and packs.
They& #39;re awful. They never break down and there is tremendous human costs.
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They& #39;re awful. They never break down and there is tremendous human costs.
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@friendlypak
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Now showing us coffee and food bags that are home compostable.
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The supermarket is the next target.
@friendlypak can basically replace all packaging in a supermarket.
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@friendlypak can basically replace all packaging in a supermarket.
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How can we help @friendlypak?
We need to increase the waste levy. We& #39;re $10/ton for 13 years years. Most of Europe is 10x that. Waste companies say its cheaper to landfill things. So let& #39;s reverse that incentive.
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We need to increase the waste levy. We& #39;re $10/ton for 13 years years. Most of Europe is 10x that. Waste companies say its cheaper to landfill things. So let& #39;s reverse that incentive.
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We& #39;re 20 years behind the rest of the world in terms of composting plants.
We need to do better.
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We need to do better.
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I love this a lot. An awesome example of a company making market competitive sustainable solutions.
How do we support that?
Lots of compliance costs go into certifying items as recyclable. $25k per test is a lot for a small company.
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How do we support that?
Lots of compliance costs go into certifying items as recyclable. $25k per test is a lot for a small company.
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Recycling can never work:
Packaging is contaminated with food. It& #39;s not economic to clean it so it goes to landfill. Same as food - contaminated by packaging.
If the packaging is compostable it doesn& #39;t matter if it& #39;s contaminated.
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Packaging is contaminated with food. It& #39;s not economic to clean it so it goes to landfill. Same as food - contaminated by packaging.
If the packaging is compostable it doesn& #39;t matter if it& #39;s contaminated.
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Packaging is low value/high volume so @friendlypak isn& #39;t exporting products aside from the Pacific Islands.
Hopefully there is some IP they can export.
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Hopefully there is some IP they can export.
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Shelf life is still a problem. The packaging generally has a shelf life of 2 years or so.
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Now @ElyseWyatt_NZ is advocating for funding for @friendlypak.
I 100% agree. This is exactly the kind of stuff we need to be investing in and funding if we actually want to make a difference.
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I 100% agree. This is exactly the kind of stuff we need to be investing in and funding if we actually want to make a difference.
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Next up its @ElyseWyatt_NZ and Carly (?) talking about the weed industry...
The SEAweed industry.
Got into it looking at seaweed based bioplastic
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The SEAweed industry.
Got into it looking at seaweed based bioplastic
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If we cover 2% of New Zealand& #39;s ocean space we can completely offset all of NZ& #39;s annual carbon emissions.
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To offset the world& #39;s carbon emissions, we& #39;d need to use 9% of the ocean to farm seaweed.
A mere 4 Australia& #39;s!
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A mere 4 Australia& #39;s!
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Lots of benefits of seaweed and there is a lot we can do with it.
At Kelp Save The World they& #39;re trying to develop as many of these kelp uses as possible. Especially where it creates higher value products to make it more economic.
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At Kelp Save The World they& #39;re trying to develop as many of these kelp uses as possible. Especially where it creates higher value products to make it more economic.
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If kelp makes money then every man and his dog will want to start a seaweed farm.
They want to create a ecological business model.
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They want to create a ecological business model.
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We should get rid of the Pacific Garbage Patch and replace it with a Pacific Seaweed Patch instead.
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History of Kelp Save The World - started a few months ago as part of a climate change hackathon
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There are legislative hurdles to easy seaweed farming. It& #39;s only been recently that the carbon sequestration impacts of seaweed have been shown, so it isn& #39;t on the governmental radar.
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We need to take big steps if we want to minimise the impacts of climate change.
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This.
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"This climate change crisis isn& #39;t going to solve itself. If we wait for government and corporations it might be too late"
- Hanna
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- Hanna
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Normal investment channels aren& #39;t going to fund these ventures. But we can do it ourselves"
Hanna - Popcorn Collective
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Hanna - Popcorn Collective
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Now its Adrian pitching his super efficient heat pump.
Using nano-materials and black body radiation.
Talk to Adrian if that excites you or have s bucket of gold talk to Adrian or @ElyseWyatt_NZ.
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Using nano-materials and black body radiation.
Talk to Adrian if that excites you or have s bucket of gold talk to Adrian or @ElyseWyatt_NZ.
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Don& #39;t forget to enter your environmental innovations in the Callaghan C-Prize
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Now we& #39;re talking about Critical, who want to end plastic pollution.
And... Unemployment.
Transforming plastic waste into beautiful products.
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And... Unemployment.
Transforming plastic waste into beautiful products.
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They partnered with Torpedo7 to turn old plastic bags into unique tables for their fit out.
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Working with with Sanford to turn old fishing nets into plastic pounamu.
They got one blessed and gifted to Prince Charles!
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They got one blessed and gifted to Prince Charles!
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Critical is trying to create "products as a service" where they manage the whole lifecycle.
When one of their products is old or worn out they just take it back and make it into something new.
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When one of their products is old or worn out they just take it back and make it into something new.
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"To build a social enterprise, you have to focus on the enterprise as much as the social."
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That wraps up another awesome @HardwareAKL! Thanks @ElyseWyatt_NZ for putting this together!
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