Palm Bin Founder Sees Black Gold in Food Waste

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:17 — 6.7MB) | Embed

Manali Yavatkar, the Founder and CEO of Palm Bin, with a new approach to food waste collection for composting joins the Green Business Podcast.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Manali Yavatkar discuss the following:

It’s Earth Month you have a sustainable new appliance for the kitchen–What is Palm Bin’s vision and what is the product you are bringing to market?
What was your inspiration for solving the food waste problem? What is the problem you are solving?
How does the Palm Bin work? Can you break it down for our audience?
What are the primary benefits of the Palm Bin?
Where can our listeners buy the appliance?

Manali Yavatkar is Founder & CEO of Palm Bin committed to delivering solution in reducing the 93,200,000,000 pounds of food waste that are sent to landfills from our homes each year, where it produces 20 billion pounds of methane. Armed with a passion for sustainability and a technical background, Manali has set her sights on solving the unpleasant side effects of home composting.

Manali is a graduate of Columbia University with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, but has been a green advocate since youth when she was inspired by the film “An Inconvenient Truth.” Prior to inventing the Palm Bin, Manali served in data scientist and machine learning engineering roles at a Bay Area healthcare startup. She switched her focus, however, when she began to upcycle food waste during the pandemic. Manali bought a countertop bin, but when that began to smell within a day, attracted fruit flies, and required constant cleaning, Manali realized there had to be a better way. Through her research, she found many people keep food scraps in the refrigerator. The lightbulb went off and the end result is Palm Bin, a smart mini-fridge for compost collection.

Website: https://presale.palmlabs.co

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Sign up for our newsletters