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{{PAGENAME}} is a | {{PAGENAME}} is a Singapore-based start-up focused on sustainability solutions using food waste. | ||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
Alterpacks upcycles leftover agricultural waste and food by-products, like wheat husks and spent grains, into packaging material. This material is freezer-safe, microwave-safe, and food contact-safe (US FDA, EU, Singapore)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-05 |title=Alterpacks - New Materials Solutions |url=https://alterpacks.com/ |access-date=2026-01-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>. It is also 100% home compostable. | |||
== | The material can also be supplied as bio-pellets or integrated as additives to existing pulp and fibre manufacturing<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-18 |title=Our Products - Alterpacks |url=https://alterpacks.com/our-products/ |access-date=2026-01-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>. | ||
==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
The startup raised $1million in pre-seed funding in 2023, led by [[Plug and Play APAC]] and [[Seeds Capital]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=TechNode Global |date=2023-01-03 |title=Singapore new material technology startup Alterpacks raises $1M in Pre-Seed funding |url=https://technode.global/2023/01/03/singapores-new-material-technology-startup-alterpacks-raises-1m-in-pre-seed-funding/ |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=TNGlobal |language=en-US}}</ref>.{{Startup/Funding history}} | |||
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