{"id":4729,"date":"2021-08-24T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/startup\/erthos\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T01:48:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T01:48:22","slug":"erthos","status":"publish","type":"startup","link":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/startup\/erthos\/","title":{"rendered":"Erthos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-textured wp-block-group--logo-hero is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center wp-block-columns--logo-hero has-dark-blue-color has-text-color is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column wp-block-column--logo is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" 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  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n                      <!-- COURSES TITLE BAR  (will only show in the \"course directory\" block variation)-->\n                <div class=\"wp-block-ob-blocks-search-filter__courses-title-bar\">\n                  <span class=\"department-column\">Department <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"campus-column\">Campus <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"name-column\">Course Name <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"code-column\">Code <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"level-column\">Level <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n         <div class=\"post-container post-container--grid post-container--grid-4 post-container--multiple-posttypes post-container--masonry\">\n                     \n    <div class=\"single-post single-post--spotlight single-post--has-image\" data-card-type=\"spotlight\">\n                                    <div class=\"single-post__image\">\n                                        <a 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In 2016, EcoPackers co-founder Nuha Siddiqui (BCom 2018) read a World Wildlife&#8230;                    <\/p>\n                                \n                <!-- POST TAGS  -->\n                                    <!-- related post tags:  -->\n                    \n                <!-- taxonomy tags:  -->\n                \n                <!-- ACCELERATORS ONLY -->\n                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n                     \n    <div class=\"single-post single-post--post single-post--no-image\" data-card-type=\"post\">\n                                <div class=\"single-post__content\">\n                                        <div class=\"single-post__title-bar \">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erthos.ca\/article\/1\" aria-label=\"Ecopackers, co-founded by U of T alumni, rebrands to erthos&#x2122;: Link opens in a new tab\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"single-post__title-link\">\n                        \n                        <h3 class=\"single-post__title \">Ecopackers, co-founded by U of T alumni, rebrands to erthos&#x2122;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n                                                <\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                                    <p class=\"single-post__text\">\n                        erthos&#x2122;, formerly known as EcoPackers, has announced their expansion to a multi-platform plant-powered solution to the traditional plastics industry. With rising consumer costs to the planet, this new brand and&#8230;                    <\/p>\n                                \n                <!-- POST TAGS  -->\n                                    <!-- related post tags:  -->\n                    \n                <!-- taxonomy tags:  -->\n                \n                <!-- ACCELERATORS ONLY -->\n                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n                     \n    <div class=\"single-post single-post--post single-post--no-image\" data-card-type=\"post\">\n                                <div class=\"single-post__content\">\n                                        <div class=\"single-post__title-bar \">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/news\/u-t-entrepreneur-raises-43-million-compostable-bioplastics-startup-globe-and-mail\" aria-label=\"Plastics alternative startup Ecopackers raises $4.3 million: Link opens in a new tab\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"single-post__title-link\">\n                        \n                        <h3 class=\"single-post__title \">Plastics alternative startup Ecopackers raises $4.3 million&nbsp;<\/h3>\n                                                <\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                                    <p class=\"single-post__text\">\n                        Entrepreneur Nuha Siddiqui pitched her compostable replacement to plastics to her first venture capital investor in 2018 while snacking on a bowl of packing peanuts \u2013 foam nuggets used in&#8230;                    <\/p>\n                                \n                <!-- POST TAGS  -->\n                                    <!-- related post tags:  -->\n                    \n                <!-- taxonomy tags:  -->\n                \n                <!-- ACCELERATORS ONLY -->\n                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n                  <\/div>\n\n\n                                    <div class=\"block-sidebar__notice\"><strong>N.B.<\/strong>There is currently only one page of results so the pagination will not show on the frontend<\/div>\n                     \n      <!-- <\/div> -->\n      \n\n\n   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":4730,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,19],"tags":[],"feed":[],"startup-benefits":[],"class_list":["post-4729","startup","type-startup","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biodegradable-products","category-cleantech-sustainability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/startup\/4729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/startup"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/startup"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/startup\/4729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17292,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/startup\/4729\/revisions\/17292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4729"},{"taxonomy":"feed","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feed?post=4729"},{"taxonomy":"startup-benefits","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/startup-benefits?post=4729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}