Upcycling Food Waste | Spencer Martin - CEO & Co-Founder of Clew

03/05/2023 42 min Temporada 1 Episodio 10

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Episode Synopsis

Over 100 billion pounds of food waste ends up in a United States landfill each year. To help change this, Clew is developing a countertop food waste upcycling appliance that processes nearly all of your residential food waste in under two hours. By keeping food waste out of the landfill, Clew will reduce one of the biggest contributors to methane emissions.
Spencer Martin, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Clew. He spent the early days of his career as an experiential brand producer managing million dollar projects for Target, Absolut, Peloton, Delta Air Lines, and more. Since then, he has spent much of his career learning how to operate a for profit business while also doing good in the world.
In this episode we cover...

Why food waste is such a big problem for the environment
How food decomposes in the landfill
What is compost
How Spencer went from brand marketing to climate founder
How Clew is inspiring a regenerative lifestyle
How the Clew operates and what it means to get a Clew
Spencer's journey founding Clew
Spencer's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

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Episode Recorded on April 25, 2023

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