Public health officials are using Eventbrite’s online ticketing platform to schedule shots. But appointments are still hard to find, and not everyone knows how to use the website. In the early stages of a global push to distribute the coronavirus vaccine to those who need it most — a process …
Read More »This M’sian Startup Has Made A Business Out Of Turning Used Oil Into Scented Candles
Author’s blurb: I had a scented candle phase a few years back where every time I went to the mall, I would walk into scented candle stores just to smell the many options available and identify the ones I liked. Whether or not I ended up buying them, it was …
Read More »2 Ex-Accountants Are Growing Figs In Pahang & Turning Them Into Bottled Prebiotics
Fresh figs are a rarer sight in supermarkets, and when you find them, chances are that they’re usually not all that sweet. But why? According to Lawrence and Cheah, co-founders of Figara11, the imported figs sold in supermarkets have to be picked from their trees before ripening. It’s because fully …
Read More »From Waste To Taste: This S’porean “Upcycles” Unwanted Soy Whey By Turning It Into Alcohol
One of the most common methods of producing tofu is by curdling freshly boiled soya milk, cooling it, and pressing it into a solid block. During the pressing process to remove excess water, tofu whey is generated and is often discarded. It has been said that one man’s trash is …
Read More »This S’pore Startup Is Bringing In The Dough By Turning Unsold Bread Into Beer
Co-founder and CEO of CRUST, Travin Singh, 29, realised that the preservation of bread is the oldest form of making beer whilst researching on the origins of the beverage. “Bread is one of the main ingredients people waste worldwide,” Travin said in an interview with Vulcan Post. In Singapore, it …
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