Designer bags and cellphone cases don’t usually conjure images of leftover spaghetti — but at a facility in Scarborough, these things are related.
Genecis Bioindustries uses bacteria to convert food waste destined for the landfill into biodegradable plastics. Luna Yu, CEO, says the substance the company makes is called polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), and it works similarly to most plastics. The product can be used to make things like cutlery, cups and textiles.
“We basically were looking at how much food waste was going to landfills and we thought why don’t we repurpose that food waste into something that’s a lot more valuable and
