Pierre Paslier - Notpla's seaweed answer to plastic
Notpla co-founder Pierre Paslier on the edible Ooho water pod, years spent meeting food-industry accreditations, and hiring a team driven by purpose.
About this episode
The concept was born out of a challenge that Pierre and his business partner, Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez, encountered during their Masters studies in Innovation Design Engineering at Imperial College London. The innovation was discovered by chance, through trying to create a man-made fruit. The result was a revolutionary idea - a startup committed to providing sustainable packaging alternatives to combat the growing problem of plastic waste. They called this venture Notpla, a name that signifies their core mission: to provide an alternative to plastic. Their first product, Ooho, is an edible water pod made of seaweed extract.