naNea® – biodegradable and recyclable high-performance materials

OceanSafe

With naNea®, OceanSafe is launching a material that is biodegradable yet remains recyclable. It contains no critical additives and can be integrated into existing production processes. This results in textiles with fewer microplastics and lower emissions.

To what extent is your company a pioneer in combining entrepreneurship and sustainability?

Many sustainable solutions today still require a compromise, either in performance, cost or scalability. This is exactly the dilemma we solve.

With OceanSafe, we have developed a high performance material that can drastically reduce the environmental footprint of the textile industry without brands or manufacturers having to compromise on quality, existing production infrastructure or economic viability.

Today, we do not see another scalable material solution that combines performance, environmental safety and industrial compatibility in such a comprehensive way. Our ambition is not to make the textile industry just a little more sustainable. We want to fundamentally change it.

Did you know that…?

An estimated 500,000 tonnes of microplastics from synthetic textiles enter the oceans every year.

This is exactly where naNea® comes in. Instead of remaining as persistent microplastic, the material is converted into water, carbon dioxide, biomass and naturally occurring mineral compounds.

Photo by OceanSafe AG

How do you manage to survive in the market?

We solve a problem that almost every textile brand is facing today. Our technology does not work against the existing industry, it works with it.

Our business model is based on licensing instead of building our own factories. For the microplastic challenge caused by synthetic textiles, we now have a real solution.