Roughly 12 million tonnes of plastic waste finds its way into our oceans every year, killing one million sea birds and one hundred thousand aquatic animals and turtles.

This problem seems overwhelming until you learn of Anssi Mikola, founder and CEO of Finnish SME, RiverRecycle, who has a business model that is cleaning up plastic debris in rivers before it enters the ocean. In an Innowwide project, RiverRecycle tackled the river Mithi in Mumbai.

Eureka is bringing a delegation of 40 small and medium sized enterprises from 17 countries to the Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH) in Singapore on 28-30 October 2024.

While plant-based milk products flood the market, for consumers, dairy-free yoghurt options are in short supply. Having unlocked a silky-smooth texture and great flavours to boot, Swedish company, the Green Dairy, possess a recipe for a nutritious fava bean and oat yoghurt that will fill a gap in the alternatives-to-dairy market.

By Sanna Antila

Protective wax preserves cheese throughout its maturation process. And until recently, cheese wax has been made from petrochemical raw materials. A Danish company, Procudan, set out to change this. Working together with German and Danish partners in a collaborative project, the team developed a 100% natural, fossil-free wax that is ready to encase a wide variety of cheeses.

Slovenian entrepreneur, Marko Ukota, spent 15 years racing a gasoline-guzzling supermoto. Now, with his company, Flux Performance, he is on a mission to deliver a greener version of dirt bike thrills to amateurs and pros alike across the United States of America.