Why Thomas Clark is turning flies and food waste into face cream

Written By Peter Allan

By Patricia Lane

Thomas Clark uses skin care to help solve climate change.

This 29-year-old is disrupting the beauty industry by using oil from flies that consume food waste to make beauty products.

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Thirty per cent of the food produced in Canada is wasted, and global food waste generates approximately 10 per cent of our greenhouse gases. The skin care industry’s significant use of water, chemicals and packaging also contributes significantly to climate change and environmental degradation. My wife Michelle and I founded Altrene so skin care products can be part of the solution.

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