https://sprudge.com/can-seaweed-replace-plastic-in-single-serve-coffee-183443.html # [Sprudge-1456x180-1] * About * Latest News * Guides * Podcasts * Press Releases * Special Projects * Sprudge Jobs * Sprudge Maps * Sprudge Wine * Sprudge Merch * Newsletter * Advertise on Sprudge * Contact [sprudge-logo-web-1] Sprudge Coffee * The Latest + News + Wine + Design + Sprudgie Awards + Sprudge Twenty + Press Releases * Maps + Apple Guides + City Guides + Sprudge Maps * Special Projects * Podcasts + A Better Table + Black Coffee + Cascara + Coffee Sprudgecast + Hype Juice + In Good Taste + No Free Refills + Seed To Cup * Shop + Sprudge Merch + The New Rules of Coffee * Jobs * More + About + Advertise on Sprudge + Contact + Newsletter + Submit a Press Release Sprudge Coffee [ ] [] Can Seaweed Replace Plastic In Single-Serve Coffee? notpla film coffeevia Notpla Zac Cadwalader December 9, 2021 Wire share The growing trend of convenience in coffee has led to a spike in popularity of single-serve options, especially in the realm of instant coffee. Today's modern take on instant coffee features go-anywhere single-serve packets, allowing folks to make specialty coffee wherever they have access to hot water. But with the single serving design comes a new problem: they produce a lot of plastic waste. That's where Notpla comes in. The London-based company has created an environmentally friendly, dissolvable packaging for instant coffee made out of seaweed, and it may upend our reliance on conventional plastics. As reported by Fast Company, Notpla--short for "Not plastic"--is coming hot off a Series A round of funding led by Horizon Ventures that saw the company raise $13 million. Their new packaging is made of processed seaweed, meaning it imparts no flavor, but does add nutritional value via fiber and antioxidants. Their goal is to replace thing plastic films found in food packaging, which can be difficult to recycle, with something more sustainable. Per Fast Company, current single serve options, including may tea bags, are made of plastic, and "a single bag can release as much as 11 billion microsize pieces of plastic and 3 billion nanosize particles into hot water." With Notpla, that number comes down to zero. And according to co-CEO Pierre-Yves Paslier, seaweed-based alternatives are showing promise to not only to replace plastic, but improve upon it. "One of the things that is quite exciting about seaweed is that it can do things that plastic cannot do. You create new behaviors that we wouldn't be able to do with polyethylene or polypropylene." Beyond coffee, Notpla is looking into other uses for their seaweed-based material, including ramen packets, detergent pods, and clothing packaging with detergent added in so that the entire bag can be thrown into the laundry. The company already has in production an edible/biodegradable "blob-like water bottle." The seaweed-based packaging alternative is still in the prototyping phase, but its application has potential to be game changing. And a little umami in coffee never hurt nobody. Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge. [KeepcupmagazineAugust] # [SlayerHandCraftedOct2021] # [CropsterYemenNov12th2021] [new-rules-02] Tags : fast companynotplaPierre-Yves Paslierseaweed Zac Cadwalader December 9, 2021 previous article Sprudge Maps Spotlight: Geylang Drip City In Singapore next article Help The Chocolate Barista Continue Its Mission Related Posts chocolate barista logo Help The Chocolate Barista Continue Its Mission December 10, 2021 Zac Cadwalader December 10, 2021 starbucks workers united Three Upstate New York Starbucks Locations Are Voting To Unionize December 8, 2021 Zac Cadwalader December 8, 2021 step counter Coffee Drinkers Take 1,000 More Steps A Day December 8, 2021 Zac Cadwalader December 8, 2021 coffee emoji The Coffee Emoji Is Incredibly Popular December 7, 2021 Zac Cadwalader December 7, 2021 blue bottle human made 2 Blue Bottle And Human Made Team Up For New Apparel Collab December 6, 2021 Zac Cadwalader December 6, 2021 podium wide This Was The Greatest Week Ever For Coffee And Poop December 2, 2021 Zac Cadwalader December 2, 2021 [LaMarzoccoFlorentineSept2021] [CxffeeBlackLBP] [BellwetherRedNewWaveSept2021] [BellwetherNewWaveSept2021] [BellwetherRedNewWaveSept2021] [BellwetherNewWaveSept2021] Sprudge Newsletter Sign up for our weekly newsletter! Fresh content delivered every week. [ ] [Sign up] Leave this field empty if you're human: [ ] [RancilioBMarch2019] [PacificFoodsAugust2020] [JoeCoffee2July2020] [Elixr2Sept2021] [IKAWAMay2021] [SputnikDecember2021] [DONAreallygoodchaiOct21] [FETCOOct2021-1] [OnyxMost1April2021] [Kilogram_Sprudge_2021_Image4] [Camber-December-Ads-Tilly] [BaratzaVarioOctober2021] [Stumptown2March2021] [RishiJune232021] [Partners4June2021] [GoodFikaNov3rd2021] [GetchuajobAugust2020] [apple_maps_sprudge] [Serving2020] Proudly Partnered With Acaia [?] Allegra Events [?] Amavida Coffee [?] Apple Inc. [?] Atlas Coffee Importers [?] Baratza [?] Bellwether Coffee [?] Blue Bottle [?] Cafe Imports [?] Cafe Show Seoul [?] Camber [?] Cropster [?] Cxffeeblack [?] Dogwood Coffee Co. [?] DONA [?] Deadstock Coffee [?] Elixr Coffee [?] Equator Coffees [?] FETCO [?] getchusomegear [?] Ghirardelli [?] Glitter Cat [?] Go Fund Bean [?] Go Get Em Tiger [?] Good Fika [?] Ground Control [?] IKAWA [?] Intelligentsia [?] Joe Coffee Company [?] KeepCup [?] La Marzocco USA [?] Mahlkonig [?] Manzanita Roasting [?] Marco [?] Modbar [?] Olam Specialty Coffee [?] Olympia Coffee Roasting [?] Onyx Coffee Lab [?] Pacific Foods [?] Partners Coffee [?] PERC Coffee [?] Pilot Coffee [?] Rancilio [?] Rishi Tea & Botanicals [?] Royal Coffee [?] Savor Brands [?] Slayer [?] Sputnik Roasters [?] Stumptown Coffee [?] Sustainable Harvest [?] Swiss Water^(r) Process [?] teapigs [?] Verve Coffee [?] Yes Plz Coffee [?] Partner with Sprudge (c) 2021 Sprudge | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Contact