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05-01-2022, 03:23 PM
Updated 4th January 2022
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Notpla, a London-based startup company that is designing a seaweed-based replacement for single-use plastic packaging.
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Notpla's products are meant to be composted or dissolved after use -- though some are edible, too. Current offerings include sachets for condiments, water and even alcohol; a film wrap for products in your pantry or bathroom, like coffee or toilet paper; and takeaway boxes that replace plastic-based coating with seaweed lining to make them fully biodegradable.
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Notpla's founders, Rodrigo García González and Pierre Paslie, initially looked to seaweed as the solution to the world's plastic problem because it is abundant, grows quickly, doesn't compete with land crops, and sequesters carbon from the air, Sibbel explained.
There are also many different seaweed species, and it can be harvested or farmed.
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"Seaweed doesn't use land; it doesn't use pesticides," Sibbel said.
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"The exciting thing is that this is a film that can replace most of the flexible packaging that you see around," Sibbel said. The potential contents could include coffee grounds, toilet paper or the screws included for furniture assembly. For food items, such as pasta, they have even experimented with adding flavors to the packaging, so that dissolving the bag could add seasoning to the skillet.
"You can cook with it. And you can really start to rethink what we can do with these materials," she explained.
Some of Notpla's products are available online
Better to read long article at: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/no...index.html
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Notpla, a London-based startup company that is designing a seaweed-based replacement for single-use plastic packaging.
......
Notpla's products are meant to be composted or dissolved after use -- though some are edible, too. Current offerings include sachets for condiments, water and even alcohol; a film wrap for products in your pantry or bathroom, like coffee or toilet paper; and takeaway boxes that replace plastic-based coating with seaweed lining to make them fully biodegradable.
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Notpla's founders, Rodrigo García González and Pierre Paslie, initially looked to seaweed as the solution to the world's plastic problem because it is abundant, grows quickly, doesn't compete with land crops, and sequesters carbon from the air, Sibbel explained.
There are also many different seaweed species, and it can be harvested or farmed.
......
"Seaweed doesn't use land; it doesn't use pesticides," Sibbel said.
......
"The exciting thing is that this is a film that can replace most of the flexible packaging that you see around," Sibbel said. The potential contents could include coffee grounds, toilet paper or the screws included for furniture assembly. For food items, such as pasta, they have even experimented with adding flavors to the packaging, so that dissolving the bag could add seasoning to the skillet.
"You can cook with it. And you can really start to rethink what we can do with these materials," she explained.
Some of Notpla's products are available online
Better to read long article at: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/no...index.html
