PlantSea

Seaweed, not plastic in your laundry pods! It’s estimated that over 20 billion plastic laundry and dishwasher pods are used every year. We understand how convenient these pods are, but are these traditional laundry and dishwasher pods safe for the environment? The film that dissolves in the wash is made of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a plastic that dissolves in water but isn’t biodegradable. A study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health shows that over 75% of intact plastic particles from laundry and dishwasher pods can be released into oceans, rivers, canals and soil. In wastewater, this plastic film has the potential to absorb dangerous chemicals or contaminants, antibiotics, or heavy metals at high concentrations and then work their way up the food chain. PlantSea is working towards giving consumers more choice: films made out of Seaweed, so you can chose a more environmentally-friendly option. #seaweed #seaweedpackaging #laundrypods #laundry #plantsea #packaginginnovation #sustainable #sustainablepackaging #dishwasherpod #choicesmatter #plastic #plasticfree

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As 2024 comes to a close, we reflect on a remarkable year of growth, innovation, and collaboration. Thanks to your support, we’ve made great strides in our mission to replace single-use plastics with sustainable, seaweed-based alternatives. Here’s a look back at what we accomplished together this year and a glimpse of what’s to come. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🌟

Innovate UK Business Growth recently delivered a successful #PitchPanel training event at the iconic Principality Stadium in Cardiff! 🏟️ Five ambitious and innovative Innovate UK clients who operate in the Net Zero/Circular Economy sectors gave 5-minute pitches to an expert panel of investors. They were questioned about their plans and products and received bespoke feedback on their pitches and offering, an invaluable experience for anyone looking for investment funding. The business taking part included: Power My Hub Ltd Upgreen Solutions Ltd Deploy™ PlantSea Phyona We are extremely grateful to our panel of investors from Foresight Group, Marches Business Group, Clean Growth Fund, One Planet Capital, and Mentra Ventures for their time and for sharing their knowledge and wisdom. To find out about how Innovate UK Business Growth supports businesses with funding and finance strategies, visit our website here: 👉 https://ow.ly/5Cq550UjHOV #PitchPanel #InnovateUK #NetZero #CircularEconomy #Investment #Training #Wales #Cymru #Cardiff

Thank you BBIA - a fantastic event and we are honoured to have received first runner up for the Start up of the Year Award !

The tour continues... Today it was London for the Dementer Awards at Burlington House, with the BBIA and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Shortlisted for the "Start up of the Year" Award... we came 2nd! We had tough competition from Kelpi, MarinaTex, HUID and Naturebeads. Congratulations to the winners Carbon Cell for a well deserved win, and special thanks to Dr Jen Vanderhoven for a fantastic event! It was lovely to meet the inspirational John Gummer, Rt Hon The Lord Deben! 💚 Awards are the icing on the cake for us 💚 shout out to the whole team because it doesn’t happen without everyones contribution! Since we were already at Bond st we celebrated with hot chocolate at the Ritz 🤣 Sorry to everyone I need to email BRB. PlantSea Mei An Collier Smith Viacheslav Tverezovskiy Bangor University Innovate UK

I surprised myself this week and enjoyed presenting our vision and product development story at the Scottish Seaweed Industry Association conference in Oban! An amazing conference with so many added benefits, the local food, wonderful welcome and buzzing with industry news. Thankyou to my doppelganger the leader of the SSIA Rhianna Rees for organising such a top class event and inviting me to speak. Priyanka Manjunath and I had a very productive time catching up with seaweed farmers, harvesters, biorefineries, academics, businesses and industry supporters! Let’s collaborate! PlantSea Aberystwyth University OCEANIUM Notpla WWF Crown Estates SAMS Enterprise NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)

We are thrilled to announce that PlantSea has been shortlisted as a nominee for the Inaugural BBIA Demeter Awards in the Start-up of the Year category! 🎉 This recognition is a huge milestone for us, and we couldn’t be more proud of the incredible team and our mission to revolutionise sustainable packaging. We are committed to innovating in the bio-based space and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for a healthier planet 🌎. A big thank you to our supporters, partners, and customers for believing in our vision. We are just getting started, and we can't wait to continue growing with all of you. Stay tuned for more updates, and let's keep making waves together! 🌱 UKRI - Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) Innovate UK Bangor University Biffa Sustainable Ventures Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

In attendance at the Innovate UK Wales Local event in Wrexham today. Great to hear local and national businesses - including OpTIC residents, PlantSea - sharing their experiences on the support available and their successes so far! 👨💼 👏

Our Executive Director Dirk Carrez is at an event in Wuppertal 🇩🇪that BIC co-organises with Tech Tour and Circular Valley aimed at matching #biobased SMEs with strategic and financial partners - such as large companies, venture capitalists, investment banks and more. Dirk moderated a panel on "How to accelerate and facilitate investment to develop the European Bioeconomy". Industry experts on the panel were Ines Kolmsee (Matterwave Ventures); Rob Beekers (Cargill); Andre Convents (Procter & Gamble); Isaac Berzin (VAXA Technologies Ltd.); Rhiannon Rees (PlantSea); Roger O. (Mevaldi ); and Wouter Van de Putte (Capricorn Partners).