circular economy

Notpla – The Future is not Plastic – It’s Seaweed

The 2020 EarthShot Prize has been awarded to Notpla (a play on Not Plastic) who are replacing plastic with products made from seaweed and other plants. Co-founders and co-CEOs Pierre-Yves Paslier and Rodrigo García González met on an Innovation Design Engineering Masters at Imperial College London. Pierre had worked as a packaging engineer for L’Oreal in Paris and had seen first-hand both Notpla – The Future is not Plastic – It’s Seaweed