1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: From the New Idea Department. We've got a New Zealand 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: developed waste velarization system. It takes bruised and unsyllable produce 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: and powder rises it for use across a range of sectors. 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: Doctor Andrew prest is the CEO of powdered or powered 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: rather powered by a plant. Andrew morning to you, Good morning, Mike, 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: good morning t waste. So you take it and that 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: currently goes where to landfill or stock feed or whatever. 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, it depends on the It depends on the product. 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 2: But definitely onions, especially in booker Coe, there's not a 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: lot of optionality for onions for stop feed, so most 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 2: of it either does go to landfill and actually some 12 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 2: still does end up in stock feed. But it's but 13 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: it's a real problem and a real opportunity for growers. 14 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: Can you put the same thing in? Can you put 15 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: anything in like onions and apples and pears and it 16 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: turns out to be the same thing or as an individual? 17 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: No, No, the processes that an So we've we've developed 18 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: something that's very flexible, very agile, and with a bit 19 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: of upstream processing or pre processing, we can we can 20 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: manufacture powders and juice concentrates from pretty much any fruit 21 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: and vegetable that's surflus all waste. Is this a machine, 22 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: It's well, it's a it's a combination of machines that's 23 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:26,199 Speaker 2: set up as a process which which creates a very 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: high throughput Lean process, which which maximize all of the 25 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: value from from what would have been waste. 26 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: The reason I'm asking about the machines is, I'm assuming 27 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: you need to do it regionally because you don't want 28 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: to just take your rubbish onions and have to ship 29 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: them somewhere. So if you sit up regionally, it's it's 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: all localized. 31 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: Does that make sense? Correct? Right? Correct? Absolutely? So. You 32 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: know we've we've used Lean thinking on that, and that's 33 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: that's basically minimizing transport. You know a lot of Lean 34 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 2: consultants talk about tim woods, transport imagery, motion, weighting of production, 35 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: over puss and defects and wasted skills. This project addresses 36 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: all of those and creates local jobs and with the 37 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: lowest amount of energy and transport. 38 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 1: What I like is you take something that was going 39 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: to the landfall anyway your process, and once you processed, 40 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: it's worth roughly on average five backs of quila so 41 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: you've invented something from nothing, essentially, haven't you. 42 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: That's what Yes, Essentially, what we're doing is we've recognized 43 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: that there's a that we're a net importer of, let's say, 44 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: onion powders. We've worked with enter T on this access 45 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: their databases, and New Zealand imports over a thousand tons 46 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 2: of onion powder which goes into things like Magi oursuit mixes, 47 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 2: et cetera. And yet we're basically a net exporter of 48 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: breast produce, but a net importer of dried produce. What 49 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 2: we're doing is a left handy right hand opportunity where 50 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: we can actually take take the waste and sub partially 51 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: substitute or wholly substitut what's been currently imported from overseas 52 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 2: from markets that you know, are you know, vulnerable to disruption, 53 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 2: let's say, is a great opportunity for growers. 54 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: Do you have to do a capital rise? How have 55 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: you done it? 56 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 2: Yes? So initially we we worked with one really great 57 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: strategic grower in in pucke Coe and we applied for 58 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: funding from through the Waste Minimization Fund Fund and was successful. 59 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: But as you know, Mike with with with the the 60 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: pressures on grows at the mormenting pressures on everyone with 61 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: a with a co funding model, it still needs funds 62 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,119 Speaker 2: from from growers to actually match that. And that's kind 63 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: of where we're stuck, is that you know, growers are 64 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: tapped out, and you know, it's it's it's it's a problem, 65 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 2: but it's also an opportunity. And if we work together 66 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 2: on this attract the right levels of investors, we can 67 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 2: even go back and actually get some co funding from 68 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: the government because they'reange in some of the rules still 69 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: within well trade organization regulations that will make it easy 70 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: to unlock the capital that we need. 71 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: Good well, we wish you all the very best, well 72 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: that we'll stay in touch. 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