Although pet services are still expected to decline, Packaged Facts expects non-food pet product sales to grow 8% to $59 billion by the end of the year.
Materials Recovery for the Future shared research on the use of optical sorting technology to improve recyclables processing for reuse in other markets.
The company has partnered with Montana Microbial Products to produce and commercialize barley protein concentrate for use in companion animal and aquaculture feed.
The company announced a partnership with Big Idea Ventures' protein-focused fund to support innovations in plant-based and cultured-meat alternative products.