Ellen MacArthur Foundation co-winner Elk Packaging Create a compostable polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) made from agricultural byproducts and food waste
October 17, 2023Awards
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation awarded VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for a packaging solution made of cellulose in Davos on 23 January 2018.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation awards VTT for a bio-based packaging solution that reduces the use of plastics
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation awarded VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for a packaging solution made of cellulose in Davos on 23 January 2018. VTT is one of the five prize winners, between whom the foundation splits a one-million-dollar prize in equal shares. The new material can extend the shelf life of food, while also reducing food waste and the worldwide microplastics problem.
VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND Jan 23, 2018
The five winners continue to compete over an additional one-million-dollar prize
On 15 August 2017, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation announced a prize aimed at seeking new materials to solve the global microplastics problem. The matter is urgent: it has been estimated that every year more than 8 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in oceans. The million-dollar prize is awarded in Davos on 23 January 2018 and shared equally between the following operators and teams: VTT, the University of Pittsburgh, Aronax Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research, as well as the Full Cycle Bioplastics, Elk Packaging and Associated Labels and Packaging team.
