Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Coffee—the shorter, usually sober version of Climate Tech Cocktails.
Matt’s reaching across the pond for a spot of tea with Idan Gal-Shohet, the Co-founder and CEO of Fibe, a groundbreaking UK startup stitching potato waste into a sustainable cotton fiber substitute. Launching as students in the height of COVID lockdown, the Fibe team are just getting started changing the fabric of the fashion industry. So, ditch the disposable cup and grab your reusable mug – it's time to explore the future of sustainable textiles and the innovative minds behind Fibe.
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“We saw the opportunity of fashion and kind of the opportunity of potato agriculture and potatoes, and we put them together.”
Idan Gal-Shohet, Co-founder and CEO of Fibe
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Companies/Startups mentioned during the show:
🌱Fibe
People/places/things mentioned during the show:
☁️Cotton
📜EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
🧑💻Stacy Flynn
TIMESTAMPS
[0:00] Introduction
[1:06] A spot of tea
[2:11] Across the pond
[3:09] Fibe’s origin story
[7:23] Freedom Fries
[9:17] The potato
[11:15] The research phase
[12:14] Seeking funding
[14:43] Fibe’s Process
[16:13] The Potato Waste Supply
[18:03] Replacing Cotton
[19:20] Cotton vs. Potatoes
[21:28] What about hemp?
[23:11] The Future of Fibe
[24:27] European Sustainability Regulations
[27:46] Rapid Fire Questions
[32:44] Closing Thoughts
[33:40] Outro
Fibe: Idan Gal-Shohet