An Australian start-up that landed its products on Bunnings shelves has collapsed after a worker was crushed to death last year.
The company Bardee launched five years ago and had raised $8 million from investors to develop technology that turned food waste into fertiliser and pet food by using billions of black soldier flies.
In May, it was ordered into liquidation by the Supreme Court of Victoria after a Melbourne storage company and the Victorian State Revenue Office petitioned the court to wind it up over unpaid bills.
The business had outstanding debt worth $500,000 owed to 24 creditors, the liquidator Anthony Lane from Beacon Advisory told news.com.au.
In June last year, a Bardee employee was crushed to death by the garbage collection …
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