Turning Trash into Treasure: How ChopValue's Felix Böck is Scaling Sustainability and Innovation
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This week, we're re-airing one of our favourite episodes featuring Felix Böck, Founder & CEO of ChopValue, a certified B Corp based in Vancouver, Canada, that creates high-performance circular economy designs made entirely from recycled bamboo chopsticks. Hailing from South Germany, Felix came to Canada to complete a PhD at the University of British Columbia in Innovation on Composite Materials with bamboo as the main natural fibre resource. Since its founding, ChopValue has recycled and transformed over fifty million chopsticks, diverting them from landfills, and now operates microfactories globally with partners like Vancouver Airport and Cadillac Fairview.
Excitingly, since this episode first aired, ChopValue announced a $15 million investment to launch its Microfactory Venture Platform, aiming to scale its unique microfactory model and further its impact worldwide. This milestone represents a significant step in the company's mission to combine sustainability with innovation, proving that waste can truly be turned into value.
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