New Delhi, April 3 -- Chennai-based startup Carbon Loops, founded by former banking professionals Kern Agarwal and Ranjini Prabhakaran in 2017, is changing urban waste management by converting food waste into biogas and organic manure.

Their innovative approach addresses the dual challenges of waste disposal and sustainable energy production.

Carbon Loops collects approximately 10-12 tonnes of food waste daily from various institutions in Chennai and surrounding areas.This waste is transported to their facility in Uthiramerur, where it undergoes segregation, shredding, and composting.

The anaerobic digestion process not only reduces landfill dependency but also produces biogas, which can be utilised as cooking fuel or converted into el...