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Anastasia Mikhalochkina

Planted in Miami

Ocean Allison Podcast

Innovation City

Meena Jagannath

Chris Adamo

Felecia Hatcher-Pearson

Annie Lord

Jules Aron

Bill Harris

Tim Sanders

Andrea Askowitz

Muriel Smith

Rodney Bullard

Ben Mizes

Kyle Thiermann

David Brown

Brandon Curry

Martin Dorey

OwlTail

“It’s not a business that I’m building for myself. That business builds a community for everybody—it builds a new city—and we’re building it for everyone.” — Anastasia Mikhalochkina   Today’s guest is Anastasia Mikhalochkina, Founder at Lean Orb. Anastasia is an advocate for sustainability in South Florida. Lean Orb offers food service packaging made from plant-based materials, with a goal of ultimately replacing plastic and styrofoam with greener, more sustainable options. Anastasia joins Innovation City to talk about building better single-use products, educating consumers about sustainability, and her goal of helping Miami become a zero-waste city.

“It’s not a business that I’m building for myself. That business builds a community for everybody—it builds a new city—and we’re building it for everyone.” — Anastasia Mikhalochkina Today’s guest is Anastasia Mikhalochkina, Founder at Lean Orb. Anastasia is an advocate for sustainability in South Florida. Lean Orb offers food service packaging made from plant-based materials, with a goal of ultimately replacing plastic and styrofoam with greener, more sustainable options. Anastasia joins Innovation City to talk about building better single-use products, educating consumers about sustainability, and her goal of helping Miami become a zero-waste city.

Anastasia Mikhalochkina - Founder of Lean Orb (Miami, FL)

Anastasia is the founder of the Miami-based startup Lean Orb, using agricultural byproducts to create plant-based food service products and packaging that can actually be easily composted as opposed to tricky alternatives like bioplastics. Inspired by her connection to and appreciation of nature, her interest in the circular economy, and her desire to make a positive impact as an entrepreneur, she is making products to replace the single-use plastic and styrofoam items we wastefully and dangerously use, that often end up in the ocean.Visit Lean Orb's website: http://leanorb.comFollow Lean Orb on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leanorbFollow Lean Orb on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lean_orbVisit Miami is not Plastic website: https://www.miamiisnotplastic.org

Anastasia is the founder of the Miami-based startup Lean Orb, using agricultural byproducts to create plant-based food service products and packaging that can actually be easily composted as opposed to tricky alternatives like bioplastics. Inspired by her connection to and appreciation of nature, her interest in the circular economy, and her desire to make a positive impact as an entrepreneur, she is making products to replace the single-use plastic and styrofoam items we wastefully and dangerously use, that often end up in the ocean. Visit Lean Orb's website: <a href="http://leanorb.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://leanorb.com</a> Follow Lean Orb on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/leanorb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/leanorb</a> Follow Lean Orb on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lean_orb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/lean_orb</a> Visit Miami is not Plastic website: <a href="https://www.miamiisnotplastic.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.miamiisnotplastic.org</a>

Anastasia Mikhalochkina: Lean Orb Founder

Did you know? The amount of paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons disposed of annually could wrap the equator 300 times!  Spending summers in a country house on the border of Russia and Finland, Anastasia Mikhalochkina (Anna) grew to appreciate the outdoors and witnessed a direct correlation between the consequences of her actions and its effect on a contained environment. Fast forward to Anastasia taking these lessons and her trainings in product and graphic design to found the local start-up company, Lean Orb which specializes in providing plant-based food service packaging and catering supplies made from agricultural by-products such as fallen palm leaves, sugar cane, and wheat straw. Anna's entrepreneurial spirit and passion stems from her desire to find sustainable solutions to current environmental issues.  She believes in educating not only the consumer but the buyers as well by guiding them through the process of swapping out traditional forms of packaging to an alternative that is not only stylish and custom, but one that can be composted and kept out of landfills.  Her activism also includes  supporting vendors that treat their employees with respect and offer advancements via education such as the Crescent Educational Society (CREDSO). Building on her approach of community outreach and engaging local politicians and like-minded organizations, Anna looks forward to finding solutions to eliminating waste and creating more opportunities for composting in Miami.  We expect big things from Lean Orb and Anna and we are excited for you to get to know her better. We hope you enjoy the conversation, Alex &amp; Jeanette For behind the scenes photos, show notes and more visit www.plantedinmiami.com Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube @plantedinmiami

Did you know? The amount of paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons disposed of annually could wrap the equator 300 times!  Spending summers in a country house on the border of Russia and Finland, Anastasia Mikhalochkina (Anna) grew to appreciate the outdoors and witnessed a direct correlation between the consequences of her actions and its effect on a contained environment. Fast forward to Anastasia taking these lessons and her trainings in product and graphic design to found the local start-up company, <a href="http://www.leanorb.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lean Orb</a> which specializes in providing plant-based food service packaging and catering supplies made from agricultural by-products such as fallen palm leaves, sugar cane, and wheat straw. Anna's entrepreneurial spirit and passion stems from her desire to find sustainable solutions to current environmental issues.  She believes in educating not only the consumer but the buyers as well by guiding them through the process of swapping out traditional forms of packaging to an alternative that is not only stylish and custom, but one that can be composted and kept out of landfills.  Her activism also includes  supporting vendors that treat their employees with respect and offer advancements via education such as the Crescent Educational Society (CREDSO). Building on her approach of community outreach and engaging local politicians and like-minded organizations, Anna looks forward to finding solutions to eliminating waste and creating more opportunities for composting in Miami.  We expect big things from Lean Orb and Anna and we are excited for you to get to know her better. We hope you enjoy the conversation, Alex &amp; Jeanette For behind the scenes photos, show notes and more visit <a href="http://www.plantedinmiami.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.plantedinmiami.com</a> Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube @plantedinmiami

The Rise of the Environmental Entrepreneur with Anastasia Mikhalochkina