Flexsea Ltd

The SWIFT project aims to create eco-friendly air filters using seaweed-based materials. Traditional filter media, primarily synthetic polymers, fibreglass, and cotton for example, contribute significantly to landfill waste as filters are considered unsafe for recycling. As global temperatures rise and air pollution becomes a growing concern, the demand f...

UK households throw away ~100Billion items of plastic packaging/year \[Statista 2023\], of which only 12% is recycled. The remainder is disposed of via landfill or incineration- which not only detrimentally impacts the environment, but our economies (£115 million/year in the UK associated with single use plastic disposal), but it eventually leads to the c...

UK households throw away ~100Bn items of plastic packaging/year\[Statista 2023\]. A significant proportion of this is made up of beauty and personal care consumer packaging, presenting an enormous waste management problem for end-of-life plastic packaging. The onus is increasingly on cosmetic and personal care brands and packaging manufacturers to conside...

FlexSea has teamed up with the UK Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to optimise and up-scale the biosynthesis of two innovative biomaterials. Poly-gamma glutamic acid and Poly(hydroxyalkanoates) are two classes of biologically derived biopolymers that could significantly displace synthetic alternatives. With FlexSea striving to meet the demand for home ...

Seaweeds offer enormous potential as a sustainable bio-based feedstock for the production of valuable chemicals and materials as an alternative to fossil fuel derived equivalents e.g. bioplastics, personal care products, and textiles. However, to maximise their potential and extract maximum value from each seaweed harvest, it is vital that all fractions o...

Plastics are a foundation of the modern economy, but our dependence on plastics has come at a heavy environmental cost. Global production of plastics has increased by 80% in the past two decades, reaching 370 million metric tons per year (Statista, 2022), and is responsible for 3.4% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions from plas...

Plastics contained or concealed in mixed materials are notoriously difficult to recycle. Recycling facilities do not have resources to separate mixed materials, meaning otherwise-recyclable items like windowed envelopes and wet wipes end up in landfill. These 'hidden' plastics generate significant waste. For example, 650 billion envelopes are produced ann...