US start-up AlgoteK has developed a brown algae-based plastic that can be dissolved in water and is so environmentally safe it can be eaten. The three members of AlgoteK first met each other September 2017 at the Sustainable Invention Immersion Week, an event put on by the UO’s product design, chemistry, journalism and business departments. The material could help reduce the amount of waste produced by food production, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions from producing food. Nevertheless, co-founder Tanner Stickling said effectively marketing the product could prove the company's biggest challenge.
US start-up AlgoteK has developed a brown algae-based plastic that can be dissolved in water and is so environmentally safe it can be eaten. The material could help reduce the amount of waste produced by food production, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions from producing food. Nevertheless, co-founder Tanner Stickling said effectively marketing the product could prove the company's biggest challenge.