The beauty in the burn: How altM wants to transform crop residue into sustainable cosmetics

Spanning from North India’s smoky fields to hidden petrochemical emissions, altM emerged from two key insights: waste is not unavoidable, and crop leftovers could fuel a materials revolution. altM, founded by engineers Apoorv Garg and Yugal Raj Jain, is transforming agricultural waste into a resource for high-performance, sustainable molecules utilised in cosmetics, paints, and construction. In a conversation with ET Digital the founders talk about building a feedstock-agnostic, modular biomanufacturing platform, and how the company is not just…