A 2022 Success Story: Notpla and the Seaweed Revolution

Notpla’s Innovative Approach to Plastic Free Packaging.

After a standout presentation from London-based start-up, Notpla, at the first Greener Greenwich Summit in October 2022, everyone was talking about seaweed! Notpla has developed products that harness the natural properties of seaweed to create edible and totally biodegradable alternatives to traditional plastic packaging.

7.3 million pieces of singleuse plastic replaced

And just a few weeks after the Summit, Notpla, was celebrating winning the prestigious Earthshot environmental prize in the ‘Build a Waste Free World Category’. Notpla is the first ever UK company to win such a prize, giving them £1m to significantly scale their work to help repair the planet.

Their range of products include food containers and sachets, beverage capsules, cutlery, laundry pods and even paper, with many more ideas in the research pipeline. Notpla’s creative solutions have already replaced 7.3 million pieces of single-use plastic from polluting our planet. https://www.notpla.com/impact

As well as many new commercial opportunities, the funding from The Earthshot Prize has allowed the Notpla team to grow by ten people and allowed the business to invest in new machinery for further research and development.

Unfortunately, Notpla’s Research Director, Dr Louise Anderson was unable to attend the 2024 Summit due to illness. Her presentation slides are available here.