Circularity and Upcycling

Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

Insectflux marketplace connects agrifood with insect protein

Climate-tech startup launches global B2B2C platform linking agrifood waste with insect farms to supply sustainable protein ingredients.

Insectflux transforms food waste and organic byproducts into high-value, climate-smart solutions by connecting food producers, insect farms, and buyers across multiple industries from pet food and aquaculture to regenerative agriculture and more.

Sustainable Dog and Cat Food

Pet food sustainability prospects: Alternative proteins and recyclable packaging

Recyclable bags and alternative proteins may not be selling points in and of themselves, though. Sustainability should connect with other attributes pet owners want in their dogs’ and cats’ diets.

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Inspired Pet Nutrition diverts 100% of food waste through sustainability partnership

The pet food manufacturer teamed up with Waste Mission to achieve a major milestone in eco-friendly waste management.

This milestone marks a critical step in IPN's ongoing commitment to environmental responsibility and innovation in waste management.

PetSmart launches pet food bag recycling program

New pilot program in Arizona and New Jersey lets pet parents recycle all brands of pet food, treat and cat litter bags.

PetSmart's pet food bag recycling program is available in all its stores across Arizona and New Jersey.

Petfood Forum News

Identify and avoid greenwashing in pet food packaging

How to plan and apply packaging sustainability to your pet food products while avoiding “environmental spin” in today’s market.

During Petfood Forum in Kansas City this spring, the 'Identifying and avoiding greenwashing in packaging sustainability' session will offer tips on how to plan and apply packaging sustainability to your pet food products while avoiding greenwashing.

Pet Food Press Releases

Rendering industry left out of Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste

NARA is disappointed in the decision.

Adventures in Pet Food

What’s in a name: Can ‘upcycling’ attract pet food buyers?

Does consumer interest in upcycled foods offer an opportunity to rebrand pet food ingredients like meat by-products with more pet-owner-friendly label claims?

California Safe Soil works with supermarkets to obtain meat past its sell-by date, but still fresh and safe, preserving the cold chain to quickly convert it into pet food ingredients.

Pet Food Press Releases

Benebone dog chews launches recycling program with TerraCycle

Benebone launches recycling program with TerraCycle.

Trending: Pet Food Podcast

EPISODE 27: Where does the idea of a circular economy fit in the pet food space?

In Episode 27 of the Trending: Pet Food podcast, Dr. Greg Aldrich, associate professor and director of the Pet Food Program at Kansas State University, discusses the idea of a circular economy and where it fits into the future of the pet food landscape.

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Pet Food Market

Hong Kong startup upcycles “ugly foods” as pet food

Learn about FurryGreen’s mission to use “ugly food” in pet food to help build a more sustainable food chain.

(Photo by Jimmy Chan)

Pet Food Packaging

Pet food packaging sustainability challenges

Learn TC Transcontinental’s expert take on current sustainability challenges when it comes to pet food packaging, and what can be done to overcome them.

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Upcycled pet food ingredient certification requirements

Upcycling is a new word for something the pet food industry has done for a long time, using human food products that would have otherwise gone to waste.

Discarded human foods can be used in pet foods and treats, helping reduce food waste and ensure sustainable pet food ingredient supplies. (Sheila_F | BigStock.com)

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