Regenerative Foodware: Co-designing Solutions for Reusable, Washable, and Compostable Utensils

Regenerative Foodware: Co-designing Solutions for Reusable, Washable, and Compostable Utensils

  • 28 Oct 2026
  • 09:00am - 12:00pm
  • FREE
  • Education Learning Lab (RMIT Up Building), Building 85, Level 8, 97-99 Franklin Street, Melbourne
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Join a multi-stakeholder, interdisciplinary workshop applying design thinking to problematise commercial adoption enablers and barriers for regenerative, reusable, washable and compostable utensils through a co-designed action research project.

Featured Speakers

  •  Rebecca Scott OAM – CEO and Co-Founder, STREAT
  • Wilson Ling (PhD) – CEO and Co-Founder, Ecopha Biotech Australia
  • Joshua Davies – Festival and Events Manager, B-Alternative (reuse systems for events)
  • Kevin Argus – Director of Research, Regenerative Futures Institute (RMIT)

Event Highlights

  • Presentations: Briefing on the Ecopha material innovation, the STREAT living lab precinct, and the proposed Regenerative Futures led research scope.
  • Co-Design Workshop: Collaborative working sessions mapping stakeholder and system enablers and barriers, and the critical data points required to inform commercial decision-makers.

Together, participants will shape actionable research interventions driving regenerative economy solutions across hospitality and urban precinct ecosystems.

Coffee and tea on arrival with light refreshments provided.

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This event is part of the Energy Futures events season presented by the RMIT Regenerative Futures Institute.

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