Obeo has Europe, US and Canada in the bag

Amazon.com listing for eco-waste start-up

Kate Cronin and Liz Fingleton, founders of biodegradable bin bag start-up Obeo Picture: Maura Hickey

Obeo, which sells biodegradable food waste boxes to homeowners, is expanding its reach to mainland Europe, the US and Canada.

The Dublin-based company has secured a listing with Amazon.eu and Amazon.com six months after it started selling through Amazon.co.uk.

Its co-founder and chief executive, Liz Fingleton, said the company will use the data coming through Amazon sales to determine which countries to expand its subscriber base to next.

“The great thing about Amazon ...