Food Waste Recycling Firm CEO Says Rival Stole Trade Secrets (1)

Feb. 28, 2024, 6:13 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 28, 2024, 8:20 PM UTC

A year after ending their licensing agreement, California Safe Soil LLC executives were shocked to see their equipment and employees recycling supermarket food waste appear in a promotional video produced for a former partner, the CEO for the company testified before the Delaware Court of Chancery on Wednesday.

CSS CEO Daniel Morash testified that the ex-partner, KDC Agribusiness LLC, used pictures of their plant and a description of their process for turning discarded produce into fertilizer and animal feed appear in a document used to secure financing for a new facility it was building in Pennsylvania.

The document was dated ...

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