Water to eat in flexible packaging

Ooho the sustainable flexible packaging for liquids

made from seaweed-extract. This is the edible bubble made from seaweed. As such it is a 100% natural alternative to plastic bottles, cups, and sachets.

The Ooho material degrades in a natural environment in 6 weeks on average and is also edible.  You can put almost any liquid in an Ooho, but the important thing is that it is an ‘on-the-go’ situation which best suits the materials natural properties. The collection includes true solutions for packaging foods, drinks, care products, and many other items you use every day. While some are edible, some compostable, and some dissolve in water – they all disappear back into nature without any harmful traces.

Products include Energy Gel Pods, Dry Food Sachets, Food Oil Pipettes, Food Containers, Laundry Sachets, Bath Oil Sachets, Rigid Cutlery utensils and Packaging, covers and other, all to release content or be utilized for the users and then disappear.

They are trailing it as a replacement for small water bottles out and about, for fresh juices that are made daily, for sauces and condiments used by fast food restaurants and included in fresh salads, and for hydration in sporting events like marathons.

Ooho is a sustainable flexible packaging for liquids made from seaweed-extract

Skipping Rocks Lab  (currently named Notpla, a material made from seaweed and plants that disappear, naturally.) is pioneering the use of natural materials such as alginate, an extract from brown seaweed, to create packaging solutions with low environmental impact.

Their goal is to create waste-free alternatives to plastic bottles /cups/plates/ you name it. The impact will be to STOP 1 BILLION plastic bottles reaching the ocean every year & to stop 300 million kg of CO2 from ever being emitted. Notpla is part of the Climate KIC start-up acceleration program founded by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and the scientific team is based in Imperial College.

The start-up is pioneering the use of natural materials extracted from plants and seaweed to replace plastic packaging was with their first product, the Ooho!  Ooho is a 100% naturally biodegradable membrane that can be used for a range of “on-the-go” liquids, including water, condiments, and juices.

Ooho is a 100% naturally biodegradable membrane that can be used for a range of “on-the-go” liquids

Skipping Rocks Labs have also developed a machine for on-site manufacture of the Ooho to create an on-demand packaging. They want to replace that on-the-go consumption experience where we buy a plastic water bottle, drink three quarters and then discard.

Why? Plastic bottles are one of the most common items of litter found in the sea. They take 700 years to decompose, so changing the way we package our drinks is imperative to the protection of the environment. Ooho makes it ‘easy to be good’ and allow consumers who care about the environment to make the positive choices they want to make.  Plastic as a critical leverage point. Plastic pollution has become one of the biggest threats to our environment and our future.

Since so much of it is created by the packaging industry, we realised there is a way of tackling the problem head-on: by creating next generation packaging solutions that can transform the industry.

how does Notpla do that? By harnessing the power of nature

How? Notpla is developing a machine to produce Oohos automatically. It will be able to produce 100 Oohos in 5 to 10 minutes and will be operated locally by retailers to make Oohos fresh every day in-store, or by our events team in the Notpla Lab facility.

Notpla Lab is part of the Climate KIC start-up acceleration program founded by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and the scientific team is based in Imperial College.  https://www.notpla.com/

Notla was awarded the 2014 Lexus Design Award, the 2014 World Technology Award (environment) held in association with Fortune and TIME, 2015 SEA Award and 2016 UK Energy Globe Award. Currently, the Skipping Rocks Lab cooperates with Selfridges, Just Eat and Virgin Sport to trial this revolutionary product.

Ideal for Packaging distributors, Universities & Higher education, Business & Industry (Workplace canteens), Contract caterers, Stadium/ Arenas, Food vendors and Organisations within the food or packaging sector to contact Notpla for such innovation and nature safeguarding teams.

It is time for Superyachting societies and ventures to explore a potential collaboration with Notpla. What are your thoughts about? 

Read more: https://www.notpla.com/impact
Stay tuned on the subject. https://www.notpla.com/ooho 

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