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EST. 2026 / EARTH
Made from plants.
Returns to
soil.
Our bottles are made from PLA — polylactic acid — a biopolymer compounded from fermented plant starch. Not petroleum. Not PET. Not greenwashing.
PLA looks like plastic, behaves like plastic, and protects water like plastic — but its origin and its end are both in the soil. No oil rigs. No landfills. No five-hundred-year afterlife.
[Properties] / NPB-PLA
The compound,
by the numbers.
Derived entirely from renewable corn and sugarcane biomass.
Returns to soil in commercial composting facilities.
Zero petroleum-based polymers. Zero microplastics.
Versus conventional PET production, cradle-to-gate.
Polylactic Acid.
(C₃H₄O₂)ₙ
A linear aliphatic polyester. Each repeat unit is a lactic acid monomer — the same molecule your muscles produce after a long run.
Density
1.24 g/cm³
Tensile strength
50 MPa
Glass transition
60 °C
Melting point
160 °C
Biodegradation
12 weeks (industrial)
Source
Corn / sugarcane
[Comparison] / PET vs NPB-PLA
From the ground
to the ground.
Corn and sugarcane absorb CO₂ as they grow. The carbon is locked into the plant.
Plant sugars are fermented into lactic acid by naturally occurring micro-organisms.
Lactic acid is polymerised into polylactic acid — PLA — a clear, strong bioplastic.
PLA is moulded into our bottles. Same clarity as PET. None of the consequences.
After use, PLA is collected and industrially composted — back to soil in 12 weeks.
[Comparison] / PET vs NPB-PLA
Same shape.
Different story.
Polyethylene terephthalate
PET
Origin
Crude oil
Renewable
No
Decomposition
~450 years
Microplastics
Sheds continuously
CO₂ (cradle-to-gate)
3.4 kg / kg
End of life
Landfill, ocean, incineration
Polyethylene terephthalate
NPB-PLA
Origin
Corn / sugarcane
Renewable
Yes
Decomposition
12 weeks (industrial)
Microplastics
None
CO₂ (cradle-to-gate)
1.1 kg / kg
End of life
Compost, returned to soil
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