Plantsea Ltd

PlantSea is scaling production of a groundbreaking seaweed-based polymer to revolutionise the water-soluble films industry, beginning with laundry and dishwasher capsules. Unlike land-based bioplastics that compete with food crops for agricultural resources, **PS Pellet** offers brands an environmentally responsible alternative that performs like conventi...

The **ClariSea** project will explore a new method to make seaweed-based materials clearer, cleaner, and more consistent for use in packaging and dissolvable films. Seaweed polymers are a promising alternative to plastics such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), offering full biodegradability and a far lower carbon footprint. However, the natural pigments and co...

The global food industry faces pressure to reduce single-use plastics and improve packaging recyclability. In the UK, plastic packaging tax rates will rise above £220 per tonne in 2025, while commitments such as the UK Plastics Pact target 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025 and a 70% effective recycling rate by 2028\. However, multi-layer forma...

The current project aims to build on significant technical developments and research undertaken during previous projects to scale up the bioprocessing and manufacture of the worlds first viable alternative to Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA/PVOH) films -- a sustainable and biodegradable packaging material for laundry and personal care products: PlantSea-Pod. This ...

The current project aims to build on significant technical developments and research undertaken during the previous Young Innovators award to develop a sustainable and biodegradable packaging material for personal care products. This project will protect this innovation through patenting, investigate and optimise the product and it manufacturing at scale,...

This project aims to assess the feasibility of a low-carbon, innovative seaweed-based mulch film to replace conventional and un-recyclable films. This represents a significant improvement over existing biodegradable polymer solutions, often made using petroleum-based materials. Our agricultural film will be suitable for organic farming and help support cr...

PlantSea-Pack is an innovative packaging solution developed by PlantSea for self-care products. The packaging consists of a water-soluble pod for single-use and/or refill-use capable to hold personal care products such as shampoos, conditioners, balms, oils and creams. These pods are made of the unique PlantSea's seaweed-derived film technology. The adopt...

Over 275 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced every year. Plastic used in packaging of food items accounts for one of the largest contributory groups of plastic packaging waste. In the UK, adults throw away 16.5 billion plastic trays, at an estimated 250,000 tonnes. From the UK grocery market, fruit and vegetable packaging accounts for 38,000 tons ...

PlantSea-Pack will foster packaging re-use, by adopting the concept of a re-usable bottle-for-life and promoting the usage of refills of personal care goods (shampoo, conditioner, detergents) and other fluids (cleaning liquids), and support the delivery of Plastic Pact targets. PlantSea-Pack based refill-pod will dissolve in the bottle for life. PlantSea-...