Mi Terro News
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MassChallenge Top 20 Startups Finalist
🎉 BIG NEWS! 🎉 We are selected as the #MCBoston 20 Top Startups Finalists that will advance to the final round of judging for the MassChallenge programs! -
Winner of the Asia Innovative Tech Startup Battle
We are honored to be chosen as the Winner of the Asia Innovative Tech Startup Battle! -
Ruptly: Start-up set to replace plastic with spoiled milk biodegradable fibre
Start-up company Mi Terro has set on a mission to give spoiled milk a new life by using biotechnology to transform it into biodegradable fibre which could replace plastic in the future. Mi Terro founder and CEO Robert Luo spoke to Ruptly about the idea, in Los Angeles on Saturday. -
Interviewing Robert Luo; CEO + Founder of Mi Terro
A serial entrepreneur with 3 companies under his belt (two acquired), Robert Luo, CEO + Founder of Mi Terro, began with making duffle bags out of corks and ocean plastic. The newest product in the green fashion lineup? A t-shirt made from spoiled milk.
In creating his own biotech company that creates protein fiber from milk waste, Robert has built a company with the potential to revolutionize two of the largest industries in the world— fashion and food waste. Robert is constantly innovating and looking for what’s next. There are undoubtedly big things on his horizon. I had the opportunity to have a Q&A session to share his extraordinary story.
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Interesting Engineering: Startup Re-Engineers Spoiled Milk Into Biodegradable Clothing
An LA-based startup is turning soiled milk into sustainable t-shirts, and don't panic, they smell just fine. The fashion industry is seeing changes that are out to shake it to its core with various alternative materials such as cactus and even pineapple leather, so it shouldn't come off as a surprise that turning milk to fashion is possible.
The startup Mi Terro is using biotechnology to re-engineer some parts of the food waste into sustainable fibers that make up biodegradable t-shirts and has this futuristic technology that might replace plastic use in fashion, medical, and packaging industries covered already.
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Inhabitat: This LA startup turns spoiled milk into biodegradable T-shirts
Transforming spoiled milk into clothing may seem like something from the future, but Mi Terro already has it down to a science. Using technology that re-engineers milk proteins, the company has invented a completely unique process that finds an innovative use for food waste and uses 60% less water than an organic cotton shirt. -
Winner of the Online Unicorn Battle by Startup Network
The Winner of the Online Unicorn Battle in California is Mi Terro - Re-engineer milk waste into fibers to replace plastic.
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The Biofriendly Podcast: Turning Food Waste Into Clothing with Mi Terro
The Biofriendly Podcast welcomes Robert Luo, CEO and founder of the Los Angeles biotech start-up, Mi Terro, which converts food waste into sustainable material for clothing, packaging, and medical supplies. Robert shares his inspiring story of how Mi Terro began, and that we don't need to cry over spilled milk... we make it into a t-shirt! -
Exciting News! Mi Terro Joins GROW Accelerator, backed by AgFunder
Mi Terro has been chosen by GROW, the Southeast Asian agrifood tech accelerator backed by AgFunder, to join Singapore Food Bowl – its unique program aimed at building a more resilient, sustainable, and decentralized agrifood ecosystem in the wake of Covid-19.
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This Entrepreneur Makes Clothes From Soiled Milk, Solving A Problem That Plagues Farmers
Would you wear a t-shirt made from milk? You might soon enough. -
2020 GreenBiz 30U30
GreenBiz Group today named our Founder & CEO Robert Luo as one of the 2020 “30 Under 30” based on a global search for emerging leaders across sectors who are shaping the next generation of sustainable business. -
EUORNEWS: THE COMPANY MAKING T-SHIRTS FROM GONE OFF MILK
An LA-based startup is making eco-friendly t-shirts out of excess milk.
You may have already heard of various alternative materials coming to the fore in fashion, like hemp, linen and even pineapple leather. But the white stuff we pour over our cereal every morning - not so much.
Mi Terro uses biotechnology to re-engineer food waste into sustainable fibres that can replace plastic in the fashion, medical and packaging industries. Why milk? 128 million tons of milk is wasted every year, according to the brand, and this generates around 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gases.
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