B'ZEOS produces seaweed‑based biopolymer pellets that can be processed on standard packaging equipment to create fully bio‑based, home‑compostable single‑use containers such as films, trays, and pouches. The material offers high oxygen and grease barrier performance, heat‑sealable properties, and can be customized for transparency, thickness, and tear strength, enabling food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical packaging manufacturers to replace petroleum‑based plastics without redesigning production lines.
Funding
$5.2M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Single-use plastic packaging generates over 400 million tonnes annually, with the majority ending up in landfills or oceans and breaking down into persistent micro‑plastics. This creates environmental pollution, carbon emissions, and regulatory pressure on manufacturers to find sustainable alternatives.
Solution
B'ZEOS produces fully bio‑based seaweed pellets that can be processed on standard packaging equipment to create a range of single‑use containers such as protective films, stretch films, trays, blisters, flowpacks and pouches. The pellets are derived from sustainably farmed seaweed, which grows without arable land or freshwater and absorbs CO₂ and excess nutrients. Finished products are home‑compostable, leave no micro‑plastics, and meet single‑use plastic directive requirements. The material offers high oxygen and grease barriers, heat‑sealable performance, and can be customized for transparency, thickness and tear strength, enabling manufacturers to replace petroleum‑based plastics without redesigning production lines.
Target Audience
Primary customers are packaging converters and manufacturers in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical sectors seeking sustainable, compostable alternatives to conventional plastic packaging.
Features
- Seaweed‑based biopolymer pellets (SeaF and SeaT) compatible with existing extrusion and film‑forming equipment (plug‑and‑play)
- Fully bio‑based and home‑compostable, requiring no industrial composting facilities
- High barrier properties (oxygen, grease) to preserve freshness of food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products
- Adjustable transparency, thickness, and tear strength for diverse packaging applications
- Heat‑sealable and compliant with single‑use plastic regulations
- Produced via low‑energy processing from sustainably sourced seaweed that does not use arable land, freshwater, fertilizers or pesticides