During the National Recycling Industry Conference will be, which will go live from 10 a.m. on Corriere.it, awarded the winners of the “Packaging Startup” section of the Sustainable Development 2025 Award, in collaboration with Conai. Tomapaint took first prize with bioresin from tomato peels, capable of replacing coatings with Bpa and Pfas. second ex aequo Pulvera that turns textile scraps into reusable powders, and Rarearth that recycles NdFeB magnets from electronic waste. Startups will be able to present the pitch to U.S. investees. The first prize includes a stay in the U.S., as in 2024 for Giulia Zanatta, Ceo of Around. Among the winners of last year’s rumo Smush, compostable packaging with mycelium, raised 1.2 million to bring the technology to preindustrial scale and start pilot supplies.
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