Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Upcycling municipal and industrial food waste into compostable bioplastics
Agreement Number:
FWRC-D025-1
Agreement Value:
$100,000.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 18, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
Description:
The objective of this project is to engineer specialized bacteria to transform food waste into compostable bioplastics.
Organization:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Expected Results:
Focus on technologies that transform food waste by converting surplus food, food by-products, or food waste into other products, including: food for humans, food for animals/insects, or non-food products.
Location:
Scarborough, Ontario, CA M1E2K4
Reference Number:
235-2021-2022-Q4-00159
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
993597-5
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Recipient's Legal Name:
Genecis Bioindustries Inc.
Program:
Food Waste Reduction Challenge
Program Purpose:
The Challenge supports new innovations and solutions which can help address the problem of food waste and loss across the supply chain, thereby reducing the associated economic, environmental and social costs of food waste.
NAICS Code:
0000