Startup Replaces Plastic Packaging With Food Waste

September 23, 2020 W-Cycle

W-Cycle, an Israeli foodTech startup has developed SupraPulp™, plastic-free packaging made of sugarcane waste that is fully compostable, safe, yet durable enough to be used for greasy, wet, or hot food. Packaged food with SupraPulp can be frozen and heated with either an oven, convection oven, steam cooker or microwave.

A Century of Sugar

April 8, 2020 USDA ARS

Since 1980, Florida’s sugar yield has increased from 4.51 tons per acre to 6.13 tons per acre, mainly the result of higher yielding varieties developed at Canal Point east of Lake Okeechobee.