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[+] fillers, foams and other products that can be put back into the supply chain. The bioremediation process helps to decarbonize the supply chain. In 2011, the Finnish robotics company ZenRobotics tackled waste management with their robotic waste sorter.
A Chicago-based science tech company, Mycocycle , has turned to nature to manage waste and is training fungi to break down and detoxify demolition and construction materials. With a recent oversubscribed round of $3.6 million, the company has raised a total of $7.
3 million, including investors from Closed Loop Partners' Ventures Group, TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, US Venture, Inc., and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity INVENT Fund. Joanne Rodriguez, CEO and founder of Mycocycle, said fungi are natural cleaners and builders.
"They're really good at breaking down a wide variety of organic materials, which made them the perfect solution for a tricky problem," said Rodriguez. The idea came to Rodriguez when she had to start a recycling program at a roofing company. "I quickly realized it was a near-impossible task: less than four percent of all roofing materials were recycled.
I knew we had a problem," said Rodriguez. Apple Brings Back iPhone 14 Pro For First Time At Lower Price Refurbished The Birkenstock Memorial Day Sale Features Styles For O.
