30 Oct 2023 --- Seaweed-based packaging start-up Notpla has received a £1 million (US$1.2 million) grant from the UK’s R&D funding body, Innovate UK. The funding will support Notpla and its partners, Eco Cascade, Atritor and Plastic Engineering Solutions, to scale up production of the company’s bio-based material for injection molding applications like takeaway cutlery. The funding came as part of a competition, the winners of which were awarded for “Sustainable bio-based materials and manufacture: Collaborative R&D (CR&D).”
