- Patent Pending IP making Nanotechnology Affordable & Greener.
- Within 1st year opened two production facilities in the UK.
- Selected Alpha & Impact at Web-Summit 21", NatWest Accelerator 22".
- Aims to save up to £600M of food waste resulting in 1M Tonnes of CO2e reduction.
Problem
- Every second we emit over 1000 tonnes of CO2.
- Lack of regulation.
- Solutions slow to market.
- Greenwashing by corps.
- Policy clashes.
- Compromises to our lifestyles.
Solution
Nanoparticles
- Can be used as building blocks at molecular levels.
- These particles are extremely small – can be as small as DNA.
- Metalchemy manufactures green silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) that can kill harmful organisms.
- Can be incorporated inside food packaging.
Bioplastics
- Nanoparticles can be embedded into bioplastics.
- Can be used as food packaging and increase shelf life hence reducing waste.
- AgNPs could allow for faster decomposition of the bioplastic and organic waste composting.
Food packaging
- Nanoparticles have been used successfully to increase food shelf life significantly when applied to food packaging.
- Globally, 1.6 billion tonnes of food is wasted.
- This equates up to £1 trillion loss every year as well as food waste contributes up to 3.3 billion tonnes CO2e.
Why is there a need for better food packaging?
- UK households could save up to £700 per year.
- Food businesses could save up to £4.5 billion per year.
- That’s up to 25 million tonnes of CO2 emissions cut in the UK per year.
- 5 million people in the UK in food poverty.
- Making fewer compromises to our lifestyles.