Sustainable Innovation: Food Waste Re-Engineered into Fashion Fiber and Plastics- Kellee Marlow & Robert Luo

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SUMMARY

What if food waste can be converted into bio-degradable fashion fibers and plastic packaging? Over 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted each year, including 128 million tons of milk. Kellee talks with Robert Luo, CEO of Mi Terro, a biotech company that has created fabric from spoiled milk. His company is focused on re-engineering food waste and plants to replace petroleum-based products like fashion fibers, plastic, and personal care.

GUEST NOTES

Mi Terro’ Pro-Act technology has been recognized as a leading innovation in sectors including agriculture, food technology and sustainable solutions. It upcycles or repurposes surplus food and agricultural by-products, into plastic-alternative and cotton-alternative fibers for the fashion, medical, and packaging industries. In addition, it is helping farmers and agriculture processors create a new stream of revenue from its surplus supply. At the same time, it is providing compostable, cost-efficient, high-quality, and non-toxic alternative materials.

Its innovation has been featured in leading media outlets including Wired, Forbes, Bloomberg and International Business Times. Robert Luo has been recognized as Forbes Under 30 Scholar, Global Shaker's Sustainable Fashion Innovator 2019, Entrepreneur Hall of Fame at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and GreenBiz “30 under 30” honoree.

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Spark, hosted by Kellee Marlow, on KXSF.FM in San Francisco, focuses on curated conversations with change-leaders and influencers- to inform minds, inspire ideas and ignite innovation. Basically, conversations that enable us to transcend beyond what we believe we are capable of.