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“We are a start-up driven by the sea that develops innovative sustainable ideas. I have traveled around the world for work and have seen what plastic and other disposable items do to the environment and nature. After working for a waste management project in Panama, we developed an edible straw in 2017. At that time, reducing plastic was not as alive of an issue as it is now. People simply were not concerned about plastic pollution like they are nowadays. It is unfortunate that our straw idea was not appealing enough at that point. However, this setback did not deter us. We have continued to develop ourselves and our techonlogy, and are now making packaging material from seaweed. This seaweed comes mainly from Norway and France. There, we work with a seaweed farm that cultivates and harvests the seaweed for us. From there, it goes to our factory in Spain where it is made into packaging material. So we have the production and development in our own hands from A to Z.”
“Our positive impact on the environment and the gifted team that has designed our amazing technology. The idea of using natural materials as packaging materials in itself is not new. For years, sugar cane or potato starch have already been used to make equivalents of plastic. Getting back to the basics, it means that large tracts of land are needed for that, just like in the case of bamboo. With seaweed, you are not using land that you then deplete. The earth is made up of ocean for 72%, seaweed grows in it, which is also essential for the marine ecosystem. The uses for seaweed are endless. You can eat it, it stores CO2 and with the right technology, it can be transformed into packaging material. And unlike other sustainable materials, it can be composted in the home.”