Notpla Magazine

For years, packaging decisions have largely been driven by cost, performance and availability. Increasingly, they're being shaped by something else: regulation.

Every July, Plastic-Free July encourages millions of people to rethink their reliance on single-use plastic.It's a conversation that's helped change habits around the world. Reusable coffee cups, refillable water bottles and refusing unnecessary plastic have all become familiar parts of the month.For foodservice businesses, that conversation has evolved.

Last week, we hosted our first-ever Swap with Notpla webinar, bringing together sustainability leaders, foodservice operators and packaging experts to discuss the questions rapidly changing the future of food packaging: What if the most important conversation about packaging isn't waste, but human health?

Last night, Notpla was recognised with two Footprint Awards, celebrating both our latest packaging innovation and the natural material that inspires everything we do.

As we celebrate World Oceans Day, Notpla Chief Innovation Officer Karlijn Sibbel is halfway through a very different kind of journey.

At Notpla, we spend a lot of time thinking about the future. How materials should behave. How packaging should disappear. How businesses can move beyond simply managing waste and start designing systems that work more closely with nature.

As part of a global expedition mapping plastic pollution back to its source, our Chief Innovation Officer, Karlijn Sibbel, will be joining an all-women crew sailing the South Pacific this June.

We’re excited to share that Notpla has been shortlisted for two categories at the Footprint Awards 2026.

For decades, the food-to-go packaging has looked almost exactly the same. Sandwich wedges lined with plastic film. Wrap boxes layered with fossil-fuel coatings. Deli packaging designed for convenience, but built around materials that were never designed to disappear.