UpWaste’s founder, Lynne Loo, has worked for directly alongside growers, processors, and food & beverage manufacturers across Australia for 5+ years as a researcher, finding solutions for their food waste.

Seeing businesses come up against some common barriers to commercialising value-added by-products was Lynne’s motivation for starting UpWaste in September 2025.

Lynne is driven by helping growers realise more value from their crops and by seeing as much of Australia’s high-quality products used.