Government

LA Sanitation and Environment

LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN) protects public health and the environment through three program areas: Clean Water, Solid Resources, and Watershed Protection. LA Industry is a pollution prevention team in LASAN that aids economic development and business continuity in the LA region.

4 Submitted Ideas

  • LIVE ·2022 Grants Challenge

    Baguettes to Beer

    This program will provide a hub for commercial bakeries and craft brewers throughout the region to collabrate on making bread-based beer from unsold bread, lowering the amount of bread waste and providing a cost-effective grain substitute in the brewing process.

  • LIVE ·2022 Grants Challenge

    Food Waste Recovery to Community Energy Generation as a Biogas

    Implementing small anaerobic digesters within Los Angeles City food service establishments will reduce food waste from landfills, carbon gas from greenhouse gasses, and money on energy bills.

  • CREATE ·2021 Grants Challenge

    LA Industry: Circular Textiles

    LA Industry aims to create a centralized hub where material byproducts from businesses can be repurposed rather than going to landfills. This hub will create a local closed-loop market that promotes a circular economy by providing stable and consistent material streams for reuse. Two key success factors will be the management of an online material exchange platform and quality control/assurance.

  • CREATE ·2020 Grants Challenge
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    LA Industry: Circular Textiles

    LA Industry aims to create a centralized HUB where material byproducts from businesses can be repurposed instead of going to landfills. This HUB will create a local closed-loop market that promotes a circular economy by providing stable and consistent material streams for reuse. Two key success factors that will be addressed are the management of an online material exchange platform and quality control/assurance.