The Waste Lab
The Waste Lab is a women-owned, Dubai-based startup founded in 2021 that specializes in nature-based composting of food waste. They offer customized solutions for various establishments, including cloud kitchens, hotels, restaurants, households, canteens, schools, and universities. Their mission is to transform food scraps into compost and other byproducts that benefit local soil, farms, food production, and job creation. The company provides off-site composting services for those without space for on-site composting, as well as on-site composting solutions for establishments with available space. Their impact includes rescuing over 4.8 million kg of food waste, creating more than 844,000 kg of compost, and reducing over 5,500 metric tons of CO? equivalent greenhouse gases.