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Author: Dihan

What businesses and consumers need to know about the new single-use waste Toronto by-law effective March 1 2024.

What businesses and consumers need to know about the new single-use waste Toronto by-law effective March 1 2024.

Toronto has implemented new by-laws starting on March 1st 2024 to reduce single-use waste. These by-laws require businesses to: The aim is to cut down on single-use plastics and other disposables, benefiting both the environment and businesses by reducing unnecessary

Dihan March 4, 2024January 1, 2026 Canada Read more

The future of food in times of increasing climate change and food insecurity

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Dihan Chandra (Managing Director of The Spent Goods Company) was invited to share his thoughts on “re-imagined sustainable food supply vision and why?” as part of a panel moderated by Rethink Sustainability Initiatives on May 19 2022: Support circular businesses

Dihan June 8, 2022January 3, 2026 Climate friendly diet, upcycled food blog Read more

Bagel Time (Toronto, ON)

Bagel Time (Toronto, ON)

Transformer of spent barley (IN) -> Baked Goods (OUT) Products: Montreal style bagels Address: 582 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1R1 (Greektown, close to Pape station) In the summer of 2021, Marc van Beusekom, a friend of Spent Goods, started

Dihan February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 food waste transformer Read more

Henderson Brewing (Toronto, ON)

Henderson Brewing (Toronto, ON)

Our first brewery that supported our vision and provided spent grains, that became the INPUT for food transforming bakeries. They also purchased spent grain based crackers we made and sold it to their customers! Say hi to Steve, Adin and

Dihan August 30, 2021September 2, 2021 Input - Spent Barley grains Read more

Drake Commissary (Toronto, ON)

Drake Commissary (Toronto, ON)

128 Sterling Avenue, Toronto, ON M6P 0A1 Our first food transformer partner: Spent barley (IN) -> Baked goods (OUT) Products: Beer bread sourdough, multigrain, butter crackers, pretzels, bagels, burger buns, hot dog buns, Rye, english muffins, 3 types of baguettes,

Dihan August 30, 2021January 8, 2026 food waste transformer Read more

Belle’s Bakery (Toronto, ON)

Belle’s Bakery (Toronto, ON)

Transformer of spent barley (IN) -> Baked Goods (OUT) Products: Pretzel twists, Pretzel bagels, Seed crusted sourdoughs Address: 262 Dupont St, Toronto, ON M5R 1V7 (Dupont/Spadina) Within 2 months of the closure of the Drake Commissary, we were very fortunate

Dihan August 30, 2021February 1, 2022 food waste transformer Read more

Nutritional benefits of Spent Grains

Nutritional benefits of Spent Grains

The health benefits of barley are widely well known. Most people associate whole food grains with being healthy grains, and they are right to do so! One reason why barley is considered one of the healthiest whole food grains is

Dihan August 19, 2021January 3, 2026 Spent grains Read more

How to safely prepare spent grains for upcycling

How to safely prepare spent grains for upcycling

At the brewery, spent grains are typically wet and hot and will be collected into a smaller container for transportation. We will deliver spent grains within hours after production. Upon receipt, it’s important to ensure spent grains cool to room

Dihan August 4, 2021August 5, 2021 drying spent grains, Spent grains Read more

Resources for Reducing Food Waste at Your Toronto based Facility

Resources for Reducing Food Waste at Your Toronto based Facility

Reducing waste at your food manufacturing facility first 1. Setup a green bin program in your kitchen – City of Toronto offers free green bin organic collection for residential and industrial sector (you’ll start to pay for more than once

Dihan April 16, 2020January 3, 2026 Circular Economy Read more

Our proposal to literally grow insulation for homes of the future

Here is our proposal to AbInBev (global brewery conglomerate that owns Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois etc) submitted Nov 2019. We’ve consolidated ideas and research from multiple subject matter experts and from public data. Our hope is that together, we’ll build

Dihan November 4, 2019August 5, 2021 Grow Mushroom, Spent grains, Upcycled Building material, upcycled food blog Read more
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