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The Waste Lab

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End-to-end food-waste management: segregation at source, collection, composting and sustainability/impact reporting for businesses and households

Dubai, UAEFounded 2021
FoodTechCleanTech

The Waste Lab collects food scraps from homes and businesses in the UAE and turns them into compost for local farms. It runs a composting facility in Al Ain and provides data tracking and impact reporting to clients such as Accor, Jumeirah, Hyatt and Emirates Flight Catering. By July 2025 it reported rescuing over 4.8 million kg of food scraps.

Founders

Lara Hussein

Co-Founder & CEO

Ceylan Uren

Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer

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