Amanda Weeks's guest appearances

Amanda Weeks

Doing Good Through Food

The Sustainable Business Podcast

Sustainability Champions

Ben Carter

Maryn McKenna

John Brown

Richard Morris

Jeremy Smith

John Grant

Vijay Eswaran

James Thornton

Carolina Miranda

Will Richardson

Charlie Luxton

Rob Wilson

Louisa Ziane

Paul Newnham

Joel Solomon

OwlTail

Meet Amanda Weeks creator of Veles, the world’s first closed-loop and resource-negative multi-purpose cleaner. Amanda is the CEO and cofounder of Ambrosia, a New York-based company that combines waste management with closed-loop manufacturing for a sustainable future. Their first product Veles is an all-purpose household cleaner composed of water and common organic chemical compounds scientifically derived from food waste. If you would like to be a guest on The Green Element podcast or have any questions please drop us an email at info@greenelement.co.uk For more information go to Green Element Podcast This episode is hosted by Will Richardson - connect with Will on Linkedin or Twitter  This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing

Meet Amanda Weeks creator of Veles, the world’s first closed-loop and resource-negative multi-purpose cleaner. Amanda is the CEO and cofounder of Ambrosia, a New York-based company that combines waste management with closed-loop manufacturing for a sustainable future. Their first product Veles is an all-purpose household cleaner composed of water and common organic chemical compounds scientifically derived from food waste. If you would like to be a guest on The Green Element podcast or have any questions please drop us an email at <a href="mailto:info@greenelement.co.uk" rel="noopener">info@greenelement.co.uk</a> For more information go to <a href="https://greenelement.co.uk/podcast/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Green Element Podcast</a> This episode is hosted by Will Richardson - connect with Will on <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/greenelement" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/Green_Element" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> This episode is produced by Woon Tan of <a href="http://podcastpublishing.help/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Podcast Publishing</a>

E079 - Amanda Weeks from Ambrosia, creator of Veles

 Amanda is CEO and co-founder of Ambrosia, a New York-based company that combines waste management with closed-loop manufacturing. They noted that the largest component of food waste is water and that inside the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted globally each year is 45 trillion gallons of water. So, using their specialised biorefining process, they take food waste, recover the water and upcycle the residual components into an array of products.Ambrosia is currently launching their first product, Veles - a multi purpose cleaner made with ingredients derived entirely from waste materials. They are able to say it is the world’s first closed-loop cleaning product and that it is actually resource negative, which is quite amazing.We really delve into the fascinating and creative approach Ambrosia are taking to address our massive food waste problem. The conversation covers loads of areas, including:How the idea to takle food waste in this way startedIssues getting fundingHow the first product has been brought to marketThe accidental discovery that lead directly to VelesThe types of food waste they are able to treatThe costs involved in making a truly ethical cleaning productHow they could partner with other producers to reduce the impact of their productsTo look into Ambrosia, the cleaning product Veles, and the issues discussed in the episode in more detail have a look at the following:https://veles.comhttps://www.ambrosia.ioInstagramThe cost of a truly sustainable cleaning product

Amanda is CEO and co-founder of Ambrosia, a New York-based company that combines waste management with closed-loop manufacturing. They noted that the largest component of food waste is water and that inside the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted globally each year is 45 trillion gallons of water. So, using their specialised biorefining process, they take food waste, recover the water and upcycle the residual components into an array of products.Ambrosia is currently launching their first product, Veles - a multi purpose cleaner made with ingredients derived entirely from waste materials. They are able to say it is the world’s first closed-loop cleaning product and that it is actually resource negative, which is quite amazing.We really delve into the fascinating and creative approach Ambrosia are taking to address our massive food waste problem. The conversation covers loads of areas, including:<ul><li>How the idea to takle food waste in this way started</li><li>Issues getting funding</li><li>How the first product has been brought to market</li><li>The accidental discovery that lead directly to Veles</li><li>The types of food waste they are able to treat</li><li>The costs involved in making a truly ethical cleaning product</li><li>How they could partner with other producers to reduce the impact of their products</li></ul>To look into Ambrosia, the cleaning product Veles, and the issues discussed in the episode in more detail have a look at the following:<ul><li><a href="https://veles.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://veles.com</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ambrosia.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ambrosia.io</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/velesofficial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/@velesofficial/we-know-youve-never-seen-a-20-cleaning-product-before-bb487746a0e5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The cost of a truly sustainable cleaning product</a></li></ul>

Cleaning with food waste! - with Amanda Weeks of Ambrosia